Also called: Station Operations Lead
Helps run privately owned space stations being built to replace the ISS.
You plan which customers' experiments and visitors go up on each crew flight, coordinate cargo, and work with NASA on safety rules for a station that's partly a lab and partly a hotel.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Engineering degree plus mission operations experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering.
Growing much faster than average. New commercial space roles aren't tracked by BLS; growth depends on the industry's success.
Low risk for 10 years. AI automates station monitoring; running operations with crews and customers stays human.
Classes: AP Physics, Business, Speech or debate, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9041.
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