Well this project has made me think about my future. As of now I have two more weeks to perfect this project and about 4 years to prepare for college, but I'm not worried. I have my personal statement which I can save and use when ever I apply to colleges and I already have and idea on what I would like to do for a career. If this doesn't give and I don't become an aerospace engineer I'll become some type of engineer.Cough Cough Weapons Engineer Cough Cough. Well as of now I thank you Ms. Simpson, but the journey isn't over yet. Am I right or am I wrong?

I've been searching up aircraft designs on the Internet. There are a lot of different designs from different people around the world. Some have gone into production and others have never seen the light of day. There are two particular designs that caught my attention. One aircraft that caught my attention was the Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde. The Concorde has a very futuristic design to it. It used to be a commercial airline jet that could reach supersonic speeds. The Concorde had a very sleek body and had a beak like nose. The nose was curved down because it made the Concorde easier to accelerate and easier to slow down on landing. Another aircraft that caught my attention was the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II. This Aircraft never went into service or production. This Stealth like designed craft has a triangular shaped body and has no sharp edges to it. The key feature that caught my eye of this ship was the futuristic inspiration that it had. It had foldable wings and was very small compared to other crafts at the time. The project was later cancelled and it has since never been revisited.

I've been thinking about the career presentation. I know as of now that we are going to have 5 minutes up in front of the crowd and we are going to have to explain our career and all that, but I need something Interesting to show them about my career. Once again my career is aerospace engineering. I was thinking of making a model of maybe a design/prototype aircraft and explain the process I took in making the model. I was also thinking of making a RC plane, but the problem is that there is a lack of resources, money and technical knowledge. I might end up making a prototype model and just explain what I did. I don't know lets see I still have about 2 weeks to go. Which also relates to my career. "Project Deadlines".

Looking at the recent post by National Geographic made me think. How would anyone be able to keep up with technology if no one mentions a thing about it? Take the SR-71 for example. It was manufactured in the 1960s. It can travel at Mach 3+ speeds (3x the speed of sound). It has Stealth like body design. It makes you think, if we had this technology in the 60s what do we have now 50 years later. Do we have Mach 11 aircraft, do we have aircrafts that are invisible to the naked eye and not just to radar, or do we have robotic pilots instead of human. It makes you think is there anything else that is being kept as a secret, and if yes when will we find out about.

So today I was reading post on my Facebook page when I stumbled across a post by National Geographic about a documentary on a secret project called the OXCART project. This was a secret military project to build a successor to the U-2 spy plane. This project took place during the 1950’ s-1960. The thing is that it was a game of cat and mouse. The secret American aircraft was kept at the non-existent Military base Area 51. Area 51 is most commonly known for aliens and UFOs but it is really a base where secret and experimental military aircraft are kept ad tested. Over the years people used to think that the A-12 was a UFO due to is triangular shaped body. This craft was in service from 1963 to 1968. The OXCART was later replaced by the well-known SR-71 Blackbird. I would love to be in this situation one day.

Aeronautical engineers are people who work with aircrafts. In this field people specialize in a certain craft. There are many different things to work on. I could design, build or manufacture crafts. There are many different aircrafts that I can work with. Some of the crafts are: commercial or military planes, helicopters and/or rockets and missiles. In this field there are many possibilities and endless fun.

Aerospace engineering is split up into two different fields. One of the fields is aeronautical engineering, which works with aircrafts like planes and rockets. Another field is astronautical engineering, which works with spacecraft like space rockets and satellites. Later in the future I would have to decide on which one of the two fields I would want to work in. If I had to decide between the two I would choose to work in aeronautical engineering. I prefer this because I would want to produce eco-friendly crafts that can travel long distances without stop. I would also like to develop the next stealth plane or craft.

In aerospace engineering I can start my career off with a bachelors degree. Well in this profession the more education you have the annual starting salary increases by at least $10,000. If I have a Bachelors degree my starting salary would be about $53,000. If I have a Masters degree I would have an annual starting salary of about $63,000. If I were to get a PhD I would have an annual starting salary of $73,000. This makes me think that I would have to go to school until I get a Masters or a PhD to be able to earn enough money in able to be stable.

Looking back at all the information that I have collected on my career I start to question myself "Is this something that I would want to pursue as a career?" In this field of engineering I can create, build, and even perfect crafts. At the same time I say to myself that this is something that I would love to do, something that will have me coming home to my family with a smile and joy. Then I look at it on the downside. I do the math of how much money I would make and the numbers don't satisfy me. I want a job that will pay for all the needs of my family and still have lots of money to buy my kids or kid and my wife some things. In other words is it enough money to support my family and keep the relationship between my wife and I happy and joyful. I don't know but these are the things that run by my mind sometimes.

I want to get a major in aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineers work with planes, rockets, or spacecraft.
There are two branches that split off of aerospace engineering. It divides into aeronautical and astronautical engineering. I am fine with either one. To become an engineer I need to:

1. I must have a high school diploma
2. I need to be excellent in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics (algebra, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry) and Physics.
3. Extra things that can help me are Computer science, Computer design, and English class. 
4. I need to go to 4-5 years of college to get a bachelors degree to get an exceptional well paying job.