My family is sort of living this. Our kid will graduate as an astronautical engineer in may. His college job is on Flight Operations at NASA with a satellite that is 21 years old. Its mission was supposed to be four years and it’s still almost fully functional.
We’re excited for him and his career choice and the awesome timing he’s been blessed with.
Congrats to your boy and his parents. “:^)
Yes I think your son got the timing right. Aerospace was in the doldrums for the past 20+ years. It’s now experiencing a renaissance that may be as exciting as the race to the moon back in the 60s.
Wish him all the best.
Congrats. I’m third generation engineer but couldn’t get my son to follow that path. It hurts a bit that there are no more engineers on my side of the family. But he is very happy with what he is doing.
You wrote “astronautical engineer.” Is that correct? Usually it is aeronautical engineer or aerospace engineer. Is “astronautical” a new discipline?
Congrats to your son and to you ... what a marvelous career to look forward to for him. We can’t even begin to imagine the things he will see and do.