As the CEO and chief asteroid miner of Planetary Resources, Inc. in Redmond, Washington, the 42 - year -
old aerospace engineer is looking to identify how the materials in near - Earth asteroids — namely metals and water — can be used to one day facilitate long - haul space missions and travel, and even save the Earth's resources from being overused.
Not exact matches
They're often
older, more mature, and more committed to their education than students who enter the university right out of high school, says Derek Dunn - Rankin, faculty director for California's statewide CAMP program and a professor of mechanical and
aerospace engineering at UC Irvine.
When she was 25 years
old, she came to the University of Texas where she earned a Masters degree in
aerospace engineering, and later a Ph.D. in astronomy.
The 26 - year -
old MIT student, with duel masters in
aerospace and mechanical
engineering, did just that, because, hey, you spend a lot of time working on that black and white beauty.
The 49 - year -
old scientist earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in science and his Ph.D. in
aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California.