Aerospace Engineering
By: Nick Talbot
What do Aerospace Engineers do?
Aerospace engineers design, manufacture, and test aircraft that can travel in and out of earth's atmosphere safety. They apply engineering principles, customer requirements, and environmental challenges to design prototypes that can improve on travel and even extraordinary accomplishments such as space colonization and travel.
How much salary do aerospace engineering earn each year?
The average "annual wage for aerospace engineers was $103,720 in May 2012." -http://www.bls.gov/
Starting annual wage is about "$71,859" http://www.bls.gov/
Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautical engineers focus more on the aircraft that fly in our atmosphere. They focus more on " commercial aircraft, helicopters, military aircaft" (http://www.bls.gov) and much more
Similarities
They both focus on flight and how aerodynamics can affect machines that allow humans to use flight as transportation
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace Engineering focus more on space and atmosphere travel. Their main goal is to make space travel as safe as possible, and make effective machines to travel around the places around our earth
Education
"Entry-level aerospace engineers usually need a bachelor's degree. High school students interested in studying aerospace engineering should take courses in chemistry, physics, and math, including algebra, trigonometry, and calculus." (http://www.bls.gov). Engineers need heavy math and creativity skills to solve problems that can improve on any a machine has