I'll agree with you that commercial space industry is much more than just SpaceX, but really, NASA doesn't do much? That's a little preposterous. Yes, NASA often contracts through Orbital and others for launches, but it's through NASA's funding and infrastructure that many of these launches are possible. And regardless of the fact that there's been partnerships and contracts with these private companies for a long time, the SpaceX launch does represent a new chapter and a new step to opening space, which is damn exciting.
If it's more than a decade old, no need for alerting folks to 'spoilers'. If you're going to see it, you've seen it, or you won't have any clue what the 'spoiler' meant anyway.
I tutored for the Athletic department some time ago, and these lists are in flux all the time. When I was there, we had a a handful of pre-med/pre-pharm kids on the football team taking physics classes, and a couple of engin majors, too. It varies every year. But as a physics major, I'd say it's near impossible to finish a degree like that in 4 years anyway, much less if you have any committments outside of class.
One of the main things I learned while working there (besides all the NCAA rules for athletic employees like don't ever offer a ride to a player, or a cookie, no really, you will be fired) was that student athletes, no matter the sport, no matter the major, deserve a shit ton of respect. Their hours are insane and draining. All the players I worked with were totally impressive and working their butts off. So what if they have a GS major? If they do well enough and graduate? That's a pretty rad job. So three cheers from me for all student athletes.
As an astronomy PhD student, you can't really be an "astronomer" for a living unless you get a PhD, or maybe a masters. You *can*, however, use that degree to do other things- you gain computer science skills, data analysis skills, physical intuition, and maybe even some engineering/electronics skills.
If you're looking for something you could do (at least the majority of) online, I'd aim toward something like computer science like a few other folks said. I wish I had taken more computer science courses in my field, and ohmygod the jobs. And if you decide you want to continue your education later, computer science degrees are super applicable in just about any other technical field. Astronomy is a difficult one to do online past the first few courses- I had a lot of physics labs, astro labs, and it definitely all required working with people quite a bit.
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I'll agree with you that commercial space industry is much more than just SpaceX, but really, NASA doesn't do much? That's a little preposterous. Yes, NASA often contracts through Orbital and others for launches, but it's through NASA's funding and infrastructure that many of these launches are possible. And regardless of the fact that there's been partnerships and contracts with these private companies for a long time, the SpaceX launch does represent a new chapter and a new step to opening space, which is damn exciting.
If it's more than a decade old, no need for alerting folks to 'spoilers'. If you're going to see it, you've seen it, or you won't have any clue what the 'spoiler' meant anyway.
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I tutored for the Athletic department some time ago, and these lists are in flux all the time. When I was there, we had a a handful of pre-med/pre-pharm kids on the football team taking physics classes, and a couple of engin majors, too. It varies every year. But as a physics major, I'd say it's near impossible to finish a degree like that in 4 years anyway, much less if you have any committments outside of class.
One of the main things I learned while working there (besides all the NCAA rules for athletic employees like don't ever offer a ride to a player, or a cookie, no really, you will be fired) was that student athletes, no matter the sport, no matter the major, deserve a shit ton of respect. Their hours are insane and draining. All the players I worked with were totally impressive and working their butts off. So what if they have a GS major? If they do well enough and graduate? That's a pretty rad job. So three cheers from me for all student athletes.
As an astronomy PhD student, you can't really be an "astronomer" for a living unless you get a PhD, or maybe a masters. You *can*, however, use that degree to do other things- you gain computer science skills, data analysis skills, physical intuition, and maybe even some engineering/electronics skills.
If you're looking for something you could do (at least the majority of) online, I'd aim toward something like computer science like a few other folks said. I wish I had taken more computer science courses in my field, and ohmygod the jobs. And if you decide you want to continue your education later, computer science degrees are super applicable in just about any other technical field. Astronomy is a difficult one to do online past the first few courses- I had a lot of physics labs, astro labs, and it definitely all required working with people quite a bit.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
They're the same person, man.
Novacs.