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Contents
1. Contents
2. My career (so far…)
3. Clichés and dirty words
4. Things you can do now
5. Industry vs. academia
Mars Express HRSC image © ESA
6. Masters and PhDs
7. Industry
8. International Space Uni
9. Other Opportunities
10.Resources
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… or why should you listen to me
My Career (so far…)
MPhys Physics with Space Science and
Technology (Leicester University)
SURF (JPL/Caltech) in concurrent conceptual
spacecraft design tools
Spacecraft Simulations Engineer
(SciSys Space Ltd)
PhD in Planetary Science
(The Open University)
UKSEDS Secretary, Chair
Delegate to Space Generation Forum (UN)
ISU Summer Session Graduate
ISU Summer Session Teaching Associate
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Clichés and dirty words
- It is a small world!
- Get involved with anything and everything you can!
- Attend conferences and meetings
- Join organisations, e.g. UKSEDS
Networking, networking…
It’s who you know!
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Things you can do now…
http://www.surf.caltech.edu/
ESA Internship Programme
http://www.esa.int/careers/
Other summer research programmes:http://www.qubit.org/research/Photons/wsm/srp.html
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ESA Outreach Projects
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SpaceGen
• SGF (Vienna, 1999)
• SGAC (www.unsgac.org)
• UK SGF (Newcastle, 2001)
• Space Generation Congress
E x p l o r e r s
W a n t e d ! !
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Industry vs. academia
INDUSTRY ACADEMIAT
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Good career development
Work on “real” projects
Money
Direct your own research
Flexibility (time)
The thrill of discovery
Job uncertainty
The “postdoc trap”
Short term contracts
Money
Possible 9-5 job
Strongly directed work
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Masters and PhDs
SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY & SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering
MSc Spacecraft Technology and Satellite Communications
MSc Space Mission Analysis and Design
MSc Satellite Communications and Space Systems
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Industry
+ many others!
UK Industrial Space Committee: http://www.sbac.co.uk/UKISC/
+ “in between” establishments such as RAL
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International Space Uni
Master of Space Studies
One year course at the ISU central campus in
Strasbourg, France
Summer Session Program
8-10 week intensive course hosted at a different University each year
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Summer Session 2001
95
Students
29
countries
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• Space Systems Analysis & Design
• Space Business & Management
• Space Engineering
• Space Life Sciences
• Satellites Applications
• Space Physical Sciences
• Space & Society
• Space Informatics
Core Lectures
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Cultural Education
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Team Projects
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Workshops and Trips
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What To Expect
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What next…
http://www.britishfestivalofspace.co.uk/
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Resources
UKSEDS Mailing Listhttp://www.uk.seds.org/
SpaceJobs careers sitehttp://www.spacejobs.com/
http://www.lunartech.org/spaceops/