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.
   

Well the game was very interesting. I partnered up with Manny for this activity. In this game we had to give directions to our partner on how to build an object with shape blocks. Each person had the same shapes. The trick is that we were back to back so we couldn't see what they were building. When Manny was giving me the instructions I was lost and didn't know what to do. When I gave Manny the instructions I was trying to be as detailed as possible, but also as fast and clear as possible. Thankfully he was able to rebuild my object exactly how it looked before.

Q: How will education affect my earnings?
A: Well, when I grow up I want to become an aerospace engineer. In this profession I would have to design, build, and/or perfect aircrafts, rockets, and/or spacecrafts. I understand the concept of the more education I have the more money I will earn from my job. Education would benefit me both money wise and skill wise. If I learn about mechanics, science, and math; I could perfect/create aircrafts that would never breakdown or loose air lift. I could create crafts that run efficiently on other fuels like water or light. I could do so many things to improve how flight works. 

    Well it was a long day. We spent this day at Brown University. We started off by splitting up into 2 separate groups. Each group started in a different area of the campus. My group started in the theater. The teacher who taught the classes told us his life story. he told us how when he was young he loved to write and direct plays. Mr. Elmo's story was very long. There were some points that I dosed off and at other points I was very into it. One part that I was very into was when he started to speak about the Voodoo flags hanging around the theater. I felt very uncomfortable and strange after that. Then we were of to the gym. The gym was okay. It wasn't the best in the world ,but it wasn't the worst. We walked around; we saw the hockey rink, their basketball court and there rooftop (which they don't use. After that we went to the cafeteria. The food there was very good. I ate about four plates. Then we went on a scavenger hunt Which was (sorry to say) boring. Overall i had a good time at Brown. There were a lot of college students there. There weren't many cute girls around. I think this all tied in with the career projects because the stories that the teachers were giving to us were all about pursuing what you like/love to do and get a degree in that field. For example: Mr. Elmo loved theater when he was young. He pursued his love for theater and went to college to get his degree in performing arts and now he teaches dozens of students at Brown everyday.

The career that I will be choosing to follow or pursue is called Aerospace Engineering. Aerospace engineers specialize in building and designing planes and rockets. They work for the military, space programs or for commercial airliners like Boeing. It sound very interesting especially when you can build 3 dimensional models of the plane or rocket that you are building and designing. I like to build things, but I don't have the skills or time to build things.