Also called: Reentry Analyst
Predicts when and where falling satellites and rocket parts will come crashing back through the atmosphere.
When a big rocket stage starts tumbling down uncontrolled, you update its predicted reentry window every few hours and help officials warn countries under its path.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in aerospace engineering; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Aerospace Engineering, Physics.
Growing faster than average. Small, fast-growing field as low Earth orbit gets crowded; not tracked separately by BLS.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Automated models predict reentries with less human work, so few new seats; tricky cases stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Computer science, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2011.
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