University of Cincinnati (in Cincinnati, Ohio of course). Neil Armstrong taught there for awhile

Cool. Do/did they have a dedicated aerospace program?

Yes, with (mandatory) co-oping. UC was the first to do this.

I'll have to look into that in a few years. I've wanted to get into aerospace for a good 5 years now...

No time better than the present (or in a couple of more years). Get your basics out of the way now and apply later.

I'm thinking BS in Mechanical first. Then I can go for a Master's in Aerospace. At least that's the current plan.

I guess the MS will be in (aerospace) structures then, because a BS in Mechanical won't be much help in areadynamics, propulsion or control theory.

The BS gives me something to fall back on in case I decide after getting into aerospace that it isn't what I really want to do.

If you ever get a chance, visit one of Boeing's assembly plants in the Seattle area. WOW!

The size of the facility alone amazes me. I want to avoid the Seattle area right now. My mother lives there right now and we don't exactly get along too well...

There's always Long Beach, CA (expensive!), Wichita, KS (flat & boring) or Marietta, GA (Lockheed! near Hot-lanta, Atlanta for regular people).

Ohio is closer and has natural scenery. Thank you for the suggestions.

http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html

Great find indeed! And I hadn't any clue either that there are so many!

 

@Mitth & Tex: This is not a chatroom, guys...

Sort of related to my last post and linkage concerning satellites:

 

http://codefromthe70s.org/desktopearth_dl.asp

 

Apparently, this program is wonderful - it replaces your desktop image with a satellite image of the globe,but untested but me!

That's pretty neat J. Looks as if the sun has set in London.

That's pretty neat J. Looks as if the sun has set in London.

 

Ah good! Does this mean you've tested it? I was waiting on some feed back before I potentially kill my PC with it...

It's up and running right now. I've got my anti-virus and anti-spyware software running right now. I'll let you know when they get done.

It's up and running right now. I've got my anti-virus and anti-spyware software running right now. I'll let you know when they get done.

 

Yay for you dude! Sounds pretty cool on the feedback elsewhere...

Hey, sorry about the delay. I got sidetracked in the middle of my day. No viruses. No spyware. You can set the refresh rate on the 'wallpaper'. The options are 1, 5, 15 and 60 minutes. They give you quite a few things that you can change. I used to use a tiled version of a gif I found here for my wallpaper. It alternated the Imp and Reb insignias 1 half at a time and had a blue lightsaber up the middle. I think J made it (but I could be wrong about that...). I dont think I'm going to stop using this though. At least not until I find something better. You DO have to be connected to the internet for the image to update.