How much does High school count towards getting a Nasa job?

Question

I want to work for Nasa and wasnt wsure on where I should go and what field I should study. I do know that it is going to be difficult but... Thanks for helping me.

Answer 1

NASA hires a lot of people - PhD scientists, engineers (bachelors and masters), computer programmers (bachelors and masters), students (high school through graduate school) and many more. A lot of people are funded by NASA but work at labs or colleges/universities, or even for NASA contractors (building spacecraft). Narrow down which job you want and then figure out what degrees you need for it. High school will help you get into a good college, so take all the math and science courses you can.

Answer 2

A high school diploma is probably a requirement to get a job sweeping NASA's floors. If you want a better position with NASA, you'll need to turn that high school diploma into an acceptance letter from a university. Four more years of hard work may get you the job you want, together with a debt that will be paid off in 20 years.



P.S.: Today, airline pilots earn about as much as school bus drivers. The same could be true of astronauts ten years from now.

Answer 3

The only thing that matters in and of itself in high school is that you get a decent English language qualification. Everything else either does not matter or will be built on in further study. That is not to say that everything else is pointless since you need good grades to be able to progress in those fields where further study will be needed.



This is assuming you want some scientific or engineering job at NASA. People who say they want to work at NASA usually don't have working as a janitor in mind.

Answer 4

Most people who work for NASA have college degrees of some sort, often PhDs.



Doing well in High School is an important step on the way.

Answer 5

Getting good grades and a high school diploma is a good first step. Then, be sure you pick a good college that's strong on the sciences. Then, after you get your degree, you can apply to NASA. I bet they could use good people even if you just start out as the guy who maintains their computers.

Answer 6

Sorry to say this but Nasa has been cutting back on jobs, and by the looks of the budget, it will be cutting back even more in the next few years. You might have better luck applying to the private space companies.

Answer 7

I've never had any employer show any interest whatsoever in what I studied in high school. They're only interested in undergraduate and graduate studies, mostly the latter. For your own sake, study as much mathematics and physics as you can get; these are the courses that I have personally found to have been the most useful later in life. I was able to understand university mathematics much better because I had a solid background in algebra, trigonometry, and geometry in high school.

Answer 8

it counts towards allowing you to get into college to work for a degree in some field of science or mechanical engineering that would in turn help you get a nasa, or any other space agencies worldwide.

Answer 9

Thats kinda daft because you are more interested in the idea of working for NASA rather than having an interest in the science aspect of it and what they actually do there. My advice is to find something else that you are actually interested in.



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Answer 10

Depends what you want to do at NASA.. engineering, programming, astronaut, custodial? Better figure that out first.

Answer 11

really?

high school counts for getting into a good college. a good college will get you into nasa.

Answer 12

dont count on it unless you go to MIT or something