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Presentation: Technical careers in space exploration as a physics graduate

Jatan Mehta

Dec 26, 2020

Physics graduates have plenty of opportunities to work at space organizations and companies as space exploration becomes popular by the day. This video from my talk to physics students at the University of Mumbai on December 3, organized by their Department of Physics, discusses such career prospects.

Topics discussed include:

00:32 Careers in space exploration
01:17 - Rockets
04:52 - Orbiters
06:56 - Landers
08:31 - Rovers
11:55 - Trajectory planning
15:44 - Thermals
16:48 - Communications
18:11 - Or do something crazy
19:09 - Avionics and software

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