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Honey Badger282.8
11-17-2015, 20:48
I got out of the Navy to go to school for Petroleum Engineering but I keep coming back to Aerospace for a number of reasons. I also just enlisted in the Air Force Reserve as a Space Systems Operator. Just looking for some insight into the field.
brutal
11-17-2015, 20:50
I got out of the Navy to go to school for Petroleum Engineering but I keep coming back to Aerospace for a number of reasons. I also just enlisted in the Air Force Reserve as a Space Systems Operator. Just looking for some insight into the field.

Saw that job posting on LinkedIn. :D

Our own (OG) Honeybadger is a space jockey.
HoneyBadger
11-17-2015, 21:03
Saw that job posting on LinkedIn. :D

Our own (OG) Honeybadger is a space jockey.
Yo yo yo! (I prefer Satellite Pilot, but Space Jockey doesn't sound too bad either... [LOL])

Shoot me a PM if you want to chat. I'm active duty AF and I just spent 4 years at Schriever working with lots of folks from difference parts of the space industry.
mtnrider
11-17-2015, 21:15
I'm in the industry as well. If I can answer any questions for feel free to PM me.

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asmo
11-17-2015, 21:42
Do you get to wear the 30" zipper too?
electronman1729
11-17-2015, 22:00
I did Aerospace Engineering for 1 year at CU Boulder. Not what I expected. The "glory" of aerospace engineering died along time ago. Aerospace engineering is nothing more than a un glorified mechanical engineering degree and a bureaucracy. If you are smart enough to be an engineer you are better spending your smarts on something that is more demanded in industry. The other thing I realized and yes this view sucks, but if there are no war's there is no defense spending. I would stick to Petroleum Engineering or change to Chemical. I work in oil and gas right now. Even though the price of oil is down there are still plenty of good engineering jobs in the oil and gas industry.

If you want to really go into space system I would recommended electrical engineering (which is 1 of my degrees), computer science, or applied physics. These can still get you into space systems but even if you decide not to go this route you can move to another industry very easily.
Tim K
11-17-2015, 22:06
Did my time. About 12 years in the 80's and 90's. Lots of travel to places that were either too cold (Minot AFB) or too hot (Nellis) whenever I was there to fix a particular problem. The excitement wears off quickly unless you're addicted to coach class travel and so-so restaurant food.

I was in engineering. Some other field might be very different.
Honey Badger282.8
11-17-2015, 22:06
Yo yo yo! (I prefer Satellite Pilot, but Space Jockey doesn't sound too bad either... [LOL])

Shoot me a PM if you want to chat. I'm active duty AF and I just spent 4 years at Schriever working with lots of folks from difference parts of the space industry.


I'm in the industry as well. If I can answer any questions for feel free to PM me.

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Sweet! Will do.


Do you get to wear the 30" zipper too?

Apparently that ended a few years ago. I flew in helicopters in the Navy so I've had my time in a bag. I will miss them, most comfortable uniform ever.
Aloha_Shooter
11-17-2015, 23:17
Personally, I hated the bags. Amazing fabric that was wouldn't breathe worth a damn in the Florida summer but let every little breeze through in Virginia or Colorado winters. I wore them because it was expected of me as a "space operator" but I'd just as soon wear my Class Bs or BDUs.
vossman
11-18-2015, 08:33
What unit you with?



I got out of the Navy to go to school for Petroleum Engineering but I keep coming back to Aerospace for a number of reasons. I also just enlisted in the Air Force Reserve as a Space Systems Operator. Just looking for some insight into the field.
Hoser
11-18-2015, 08:44
Do you get to wear the 30" zipper too?

Never trust a dude with a 30' zipper.

Last I knew satellite pukes sometimes wear flight suits. You know, in case of a keyboard fire. I hate the damn things. I only wear them when I fly.
HoneyBadger
11-18-2015, 09:09
Never trust a dude with a 30' zipper.

Last I knew satellite pukes sometimes wear flight suits. You know, in case of a keyboard fire. I hate the damn things. I only wear them when I fly.
Only missile weenies wear them now... and it's mostly to appease them because their job is the shittiest job in the AF. Everyone else in AFSPC wears ABUs every day (as of 2012)
Aloha_Shooter
11-18-2015, 09:37
Never trust a dude with a 30' zipper.

Last I knew satellite pukes sometimes wear flight suits. You know, in case of a keyboard fire. I hate the damn things. I only wear them when I fly.

The career field is still authorized bags but AFSPC decided to stop issuing them as a cost-saving measure so the only time you should see space pukes wearing bags anymore would be if they're assigned outside the MAJCOM (and the ADCON unit has the funds to buy bags). I saved mine to use when working on the car -- maybe I'll actually get to use them again one of these days (haven't had much time to do anything other than change wiper blades and check tire pressure).