Xref: utzoo sci.space:18794 sci.space.shuttle:5078 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!mintaka!ogicse!orstcs!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!andre From: andre@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Timothy Andre) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: jobs in space Keywords: jobs, mission specialist Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 90 03:00:40 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 55 First: This has been cross-posted in both sci.space and sci.space.shuttle news groups, so if you are experiencing de-ja-vu, that's why. Second: I realize this may not be the sort of thing for these news groups, but at the moment I have no better recourse, so send me all the flames you want. I am a graduate student at Rutgers University and will be receiving my MS in Electrical Engineering in May. My ultimate desire is to be Mission Specialist for NASA. I have noticed that most Mission Specialists have their Ph.D.s, some in EE. I am considering continuing for my PhD, but wonder if it is really necessary and am worried that it may leave me over-qualified for the things I like to do, in case I wash out of Mission Specialist school. Let me give you a brief resume: BSEE 1986, Rutgers University. GPA: 3.91 (4.0 = A). June 1986 - June 1988: Western Union Satellite Control Facility (WESTAR) wrote real-time telemetry and command software for HS-376 communications satellites. Sept. 1988 - Present: Persued full-time graduate study, Rutgers University. Graduate GPA: 3.75. Full time teaching assistant. Program in Digital Signal Processing, Computer Engineering and Software Engineering. Additionally, I am fairly well versed in programming in C and C++, have worked under Unix, MS-DOS, RSX-11M+ operating systems, and have been the System Administrator for five Sun386i workstations for the past year. I suppose my questions are: 1) Is a PhD a requirement for being a Mission Specialist? 2) What are my chances of actually becoming a Mission Specialist? 3) I have been told that a private pilot's license or a ham radio license would be helpful. True? 4) How about experience in the Air Force Reserve? 5) Anybody have a job for me? :-) (just kidding). I suppose that if you think this is of general interest, you could reply on the net, else send e-mail to: tandre@fourier.rutgers.edu or andre@elbereth.rutgers.edu Thanks very much for your attention! Tim.