Career questions tagged rocketscience
What do aerospace engineers actually do day-to-day?
I’m trying to understand the real scope of aerospace engineering beyond the basic “design airplanes and rockets” explanation. From what I’ve read, it seems like the field covers a lot—things like aerodynamics, propulsion, structural design, simulation, and testing—but I’m not sure what a typical workday actually looks like in practice. For anyone working in or studying the field: what do aerospace engineer do on a regular basis, and how much of it is hands-on vs computer-based work? I also came across this overview that explains the different areas pretty clearly: https://hydrasearch.com/what-do-aerospace-engineers-do/ Would appreciate real-world insights from students or professionals.
What is the future of Liquid Rocket Engine Plumbing?
Currently, turbomachinery is the most commonly used system to hydraulically power the plumbing in LREs. As a future college student who will be studying these, I've always wanted to know what others think about the alternatives to the turbine and pump methods. The decreased lifetime of LREs due to these "extra" moving parts provides a challenge to decreasing the costs and increasing the reusability of modern rockets. I figure this is something important to consider before we go further into increasingly complex designs, especially considering the current most advanced systems are using full-flow staged combustion designs, which use two preburners to power the oxide and fuel pumps. There are a few alternatives; however, they all have their own issues, and overall, I am most curious about what innovations would best solve the issues for these other designs that would allow them to be superior.
is it difficult to make designs?
I'm interested in rocket science. I think maybe it's difficult to make designs, but if I put time to achieve it, I could
How will aerospace engineering change in the future.
Aerospace engineering is a career that I deeply consider trying and I would like to know how this career could possibly change in the future specifically ten years from now. #engineering #career #aerospace #future