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Opportunities in Space

Mark Bentley

mark@uk.seds.org

KU-SEDS

18th April 2005

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Contents

1. Contents

2. My career (so far…)

3. Clichés and dirty words

4. Things you can do now

5. Industry vs. academia

Mars Express HRSC image © ESA

6. Masters and PhDs

7. Industry

8. International Space Uni

9. Other Opportunities

10.Resources

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… or why should you listen to me

My Career (so far…)

MPhys Physics with Space Science and

Technology (Leicester University)

SURF (JPL/Caltech) in concurrent conceptual

spacecraft design tools

Spacecraft Simulations Engineer

(SciSys Space Ltd)

PhD in Planetary Science

(The Open University)

UKSEDS Secretary, Chair

Delegate to Space Generation Forum (UN)

ISU Summer Session Graduate

ISU Summer Session Teaching Associate

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Clichés and dirty words

- It is a small world!

- Get involved with anything and everything you can!

- Attend conferences and meetings

- Join organisations, e.g. UKSEDS

Networking, networking…

It’s who you know!

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Things you can do now…

http://www.surf.caltech.edu/

ESA Internship Programme

http://www.esa.int/careers/

Other summer research programmes:http://www.qubit.org/research/Photons/wsm/srp.html

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ESA Outreach Projects

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SpaceGen

• SGF (Vienna, 1999)

• SGAC (www.unsgac.org)

• UK SGF (Newcastle, 2001)

• Space Generation Congress

E x p l o r e r s

W a n t e d ! !

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Industry vs. academia

INDUSTRY ACADEMIAT

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Good career development

Work on “real” projects

Money

Direct your own research

Flexibility (time)

The thrill of discovery

Job uncertainty

The “postdoc trap”

Short term contracts

Money

Possible 9-5 job

Strongly directed work

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Masters and PhDs

SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY & SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

MSc Astronautics and Space Engineering

MSc Spacecraft Technology and Satellite Communications

MSc Space Mission Analysis and Design

MSc Satellite Communications and Space Systems

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Industry

+ many others!

UK Industrial Space Committee: http://www.sbac.co.uk/UKISC/

+ “in between” establishments such as RAL

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International Space Uni

Master of Space Studies

One year course at the ISU central campus in

Strasbourg, France

Summer Session Program

8-10 week intensive course hosted at a different University each year

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Summer Session 2001

95

Students

29

countries

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• Space Systems Analysis & Design

• Space Business & Management

• Space Engineering

• Space Life Sciences

• Satellites Applications

• Space Physical Sciences

• Space & Society

• Space Informatics

Core Lectures

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Cultural Education

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Team Projects

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Workshops and Trips

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What To Expect

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What next…

http://www.britishfestivalofspace.co.uk/

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Resources

UKSEDS Mailing Listhttp://www.uk.seds.org/

SpaceJobs careers sitehttp://www.spacejobs.com/

Any questions?mark@uk.seds.org

http://www.lunartech.org/spaceops/