Working at the world's largest academic propulsion lab
from Those Space People Hosted by Rachana
Venkat Athmanathan is a research scientist at the Purdue University in the USA. He has a background in aerospace engineering and provides amazing insights into the finer workings of the American space ecosystem.
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Venkat gives an amazingly comprehensive overview of aerospace research in the American academia. He talks about career trajectories of excellent rocket scientists who were trained in America's renowned aerospace labs into other sectors since they could not contribute to the space industry because of the ITAR regulations. He discusses the migration of employees between NASA and the private industry and the factors influencing it in either direction. He also shares insights on setting up an aerospace lab at any university. Apparently, "the future of space is determined by politics, economics and engineering, in that order - Unknown"!
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