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- Subject: Re: Orbital Mechanics--Careers?, Poker Flats.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.192308.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:23:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.005309.674@chpc.utexas.edu>, byab314@chpc.utexas.edu (Srinivas Bettadpur) writes:
- > In article <1k6pngINNrc5@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Michael F. Kamprath <kamprath@space-grant.sprl.umich.edu> writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan27.070433.3488@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> My name is Nasser
- >>Abbasi, abbasi@star.enet.dec.com writes:
- >>>In article <1jqitsINN48q@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, mjones@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
- >>
- >>>(mark jones) writes...
- >>>>
- >>>> etc.... What are the opportunities
- >>>>in orbital mechanics and will they still be there in 5 or 6 years.
- >>>
- >>>since defense and aerospace are not doing too well, one would think
- >>>OM area might not be too hot. is there actually an MS in OM? or is
- >>>OM studied under control engineering? or mechanical engineering?
- >>
- >>It is not "official," i guess, but I would say I was getting my
- >>degree in orbital mechanics.
- >
- > Since not many places offer even a half-way decent program in
- > orbital mechanics, I was expecting this thread to die a natural
- > death. I was kind of surprised to see the number of responses.
- > A quick summary on the queen of sciences (OM) :
- > * Almost all Aero departments will offer at least one undergraduate
- > class in the basics of celestial mechanics (CM).
- > * I know of UT-Austin, MIT, Stanford, UC-Boulder, VPISU, U. Mich-Ann
- > Arbor, U. Ill.-UC, Purdue, Auburn U. as offering any significant
- > graduate programs in CM in the US.
- > * UT-A is far and away the best (I am biased), with 8 faculty
- > members in this area, and at least 4 undergrad classes and more than
- > 15 graduate classes. No other university comes even close in terms of
- > sheer numbers. The largest number in any other place is 3 (I think).
- > * Typical places for employment might include JPL, NASA-(gsfc and
- > jsc), Lockheed, Rockwell, Martin Marietta, Aerospace Corp., Hughes STX
- > and a bunch of other Aerospace companies.
- > Srinivas
- > --
- > Srinivas Bettadpur Internet : byab314@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
- > P.O. Box 8520, Austin, Tx. 78713-8520, U.S.A. Tel. (512) 471 4332
- > BITNET : byab314@uthermes
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- Im not sure, but I think the University of Alaska Fairbanks might have a few
- classes in celestial mechanics, after all they do have Poker Flats the only US
- University Run Sub-Orbital (snd some Orbital) atmospheric launch site.. Uses
- old Nike or Atlas Rockets(I think). Also is the farthest north laucnh site in
- the world if I remember right, its a good site for polar orbit launches.
- It normally studies pollution and the northern lights..
- I have the address for them someplace around here.
- Send me email and Ill pass the info I have on it all..
- I believe poker flats is either run or owned by NASA or NAsa helps??
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- Michael Adams
- Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel
- nsmca@acad2.alaska.edu
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