DocumentCode
1059567
Title
The final frontier? [space industry engineer/scientist shortage]
Author
Allan, Keri
Volume
50
Issue
6
fYear
2004
fDate
6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
25
Abstract
With the recent expeditions to Mars and talk of landing on the moon again, being involved in the space industry is becoming ´cool´ once more. However, this industry has a growing concern. A lot of seasoned NASA and Air Force space engineers and scientists will be retiring soon and, as such, they are facing a problem of filling that void due to a lack of educational and research activity. This article reviews the shortage problems and outlines some initiative being put in place to help overcome them.
Keywords
aerospace engineering; aerospace industry; engineering education; recruitment; research and development; termination of employment; Air Force space engineers; Mars expeditions; NASA space engineers; educational activity; engineer retirement; moon landings; research activity; space industry engineer shortage; space scientist shortage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IEE Review
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0953-5683
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ir:20040602
Filename
1322846
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