AaS! 65: How Does One Become an Astrophysicist?
Ask a Spaceman!
Paul M. Sutter
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🗓️ 3 October 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
How does one become an astrophysicist? What are the challenges and rewards of that kind of career? Are there even any jobs? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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| 1:08.1 | So easy, so easy and so good. We have one simple goal with this show. Complete knowledge of time and space. And on the road to complete knowledge of time and space, we have an interesting set of questions. At 92, Rufino, ask, what does it take to be an astrophysicist? And we have Vicki K |
| 1:29.9 | via email asking what kinds of non-academic jobs are available in astronomy or physics, and |
| 1:38.2 | how do I become a spaceman and or space woman? Excellent, excellent question. I get these questions a lot, |
| 1:45.9 | especially from kids. So if you, you, it may be too late for you to become an astrophysicist. |
| 1:52.0 | You're already set in your career and you're already living a healthy and happy and productive |
| 1:57.1 | life. But maybe you have kids or maybe you're not quite at that stage where |
| 2:03.2 | you're set in your career and you're wondering about physics and astronomy. And usually when |
| 2:08.0 | kids are asking me this question, they typically tend to be middle schoolers and high schoolers |
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