AaS! 67: Why can't I be an astrophysicist?
Ask a Spaceman!
Paul M. Sutter
4.8 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Why is it tough to become a scientific researcher? What are some of the barriers in the field? Are there any other options? I have a PhD - now what? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!
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| 0:00.0 | You know what time it is. It's time for Ask a Space Man. I'm your host, Paul Sutter. You've got questions and I've got answers. You know how the show works, but let's keep trying until we give up. You go online to Twitter or Facebook. Use the hashtag Ask a Spaceman. Send questions |
| 0:22.0 | my way and I will send answers your way. How easy is that? You can also follow me directly |
| 0:27.2 | on Twitter and Facebook. My name is at Paul Matt Sutter. You can also check out the website. |
| 0:31.4 | Ask aSpaceman.com. We have show notes. We have archive of every single episode ever produced. |
| 0:37.0 | You can also follow me on YouTube. |
| 0:39.0 | That's YouTube.com slash Paul M. Sutterson questions there. And there's all sorts of |
| 0:43.1 | zany, wacky, science videos available for your enjoyment on that show. We have one simple goal |
| 0:49.9 | with this show. Complete knowledge of time and space. And on the road to complete knowledge of |
| 0:56.2 | time and space, I'm going to return to a set of questions that I talked about a month ago. |
| 1:03.6 | This is at 92 Refino on Twitter asking what does it take to be an astrophysicist. Vicki K |
| 1:09.0 | via email asking what kinds of non-academic jobs are |
| 1:12.2 | available in astronomy and physics and how do I become a spacewoman and or space man? And the |
| 1:18.7 | reason I'm returning to this topic is I think in the last episode that I did on this, I was able to |
| 1:25.9 | flash out what a career in physics or astronomy |
| 1:29.3 | looks like, but I didn't quite get to answering the question. So now I really want to dig in |
| 1:35.3 | to those questions of what kind of jobs are, non-academic jobs are available. And was it |
| 1:41.3 | take to be an astrophysic? And then what I want to extend those questions because I want to explore really some challenges that exist |
| 1:48.9 | in the current state of the field. |
| 1:51.0 | So previously on Ask a Space Man. |
| 1:55.0 | I talked about how you needed certain skills in order to become an astrophysicist, |
| 1:59.3 | but not necessarily the skills you might think. |
| 2:01.7 | It's more about grit and determination and curiosity and passion and appetite for learning |
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