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Ironically, the journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society is called "Aerospace"!
Southampton University used to offer a course in 'Aeronautics and Astrophysics' which well and truly inferred rocketry.
One of the things about an Aeronautical Engineering degree is that it stands you in good stead for a much broader range of industries than it might initially (certainly to the lay public) apppear to: Automobile - both mainstream and motor racing (just look at the jobs that crop up for F-1 teams in Flight), Atomic Energy, Oil and Gas industry etc.
Southampton University used to offer a course in 'Aeronautics and Astrophysics' which well and truly inferred rocketry.
One of the things about an Aeronautical Engineering degree is that it stands you in good stead for a much broader range of industries than it might initially (certainly to the lay public) apppear to: Automobile - both mainstream and motor racing (just look at the jobs that crop up for F-1 teams in Flight), Atomic Energy, Oil and Gas industry etc.
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Ironically, the journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society is called "Aerospace"!
Southampton University used to offer a course in 'Aeronautics and Astrophysics' which well and truly inferred rocketry.
One of the things about an Aeronautical Engineering degree is that it stands you in good stead for a much broader range of industries than it might initially (certainly to the lay public) apppear to: Automobile - both mainstream and motor racing (just look at the jobs that crop up for F-1 teams in Flight), Atomic Energy, Oil and Gas industry etc.
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