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Aerospace Engineering

TJ Cummins Period 5 9/4/14

Aerospace describes the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Aerospace organisations research, design, manufacture, operate, or maintain aircraft and/or spacecraft. Aerospace activity is very diverse, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications. Aerospace is not the same as airspace, which is the physical air space directly above a location on the ground. In most industrial countries, the aerospace industry is a cooperation of public and private industries. For example, several countries have a civilian space program funded by the government through tax collection, such as NASA in the United States, ESA in Europe, the Canadian Space Agency in Canada, Indian Space Research Organisation in India, JAXA in Japan, RKA in Russia, China National Space Administration in China, SUPARCO in Pakistan, Iranian Space Agency in Iran, and Korea Aerospace Research Institute in South Korea. Along with these public space programs, many companies produce technical tools and components such as spaceships and satellites. Some known companies involved in space programs include Boeing, EADS, Lockheed Martin, MacDonald Dettwiler and Northrop Grumman. These companies are also involved in other areas of aerospace such as the construction of aircraft. Modern aerospace began with Sir George Cayley in 1799. Cayley proposed an aircraft with a "fixed wing and a horizontal and vertical tail," defining characteristics of the modern airplane. The 19th century saw the creation of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, the American Rocketry Society, and the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, all of which made aeronautics a more serious scientific discipline. I chose Aerospace Engineering because I find space very interesting. My dream job is to become an astronaut, and I think that if I can’t reach that, at least I can become something around that area. With all the interesting things I can learn in this class I plan on using what I learn here towards my desired area of work, Aerospace. Things I find that would be very entertaining on the job include things such as Design and build aircraft, such as commercial or military airplanes or spacecraft. Design different kinds of machines, build them, and test to make sure they can do what they are supposed to. Designs have to be very exact, and they have to solve all kinds of problems before the airplane is built. For example, they have to figure out not only what equipment an aircraft needs, but also what materials it will use, how much the equipment weighs and exactly how much space it will take up in the aircraft. These things I have listed or only but a few of what I plan to do with my engineering degree and its all thanks to my engineering teacher. Hopefully I typed this all right because I forgot which order the essay was supposed to be in, but it’s okay. I’ll turn this in and hope for the best tomorrow. I’m running out of words to type.