Solving Real-World Problems with Aerospace Engineering
LET’S FIND OUT ENGINEERING SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS WITH AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SELMA ISTAKHOROV
LET’S SOAR The word aerospace describes Earth’s atmosphere and the region beyond it called outer space Aerospace therefore contains everything above Earth’s surface including the sky the clouds the stars and other planets Aerospace engineers invent build and test vehicles that fly through the atmosphere Aerospace engineering is the field that designs airplanes spaceships satellites and more 4
and those that fly into outer space Those vehicles include airplanes missiles space shuttles and satellites Aerospace engineering is one field or type of engineering Engineers design products that can solve economic environmental or social problems Aerospace engineering solves economic and environmental problems both on Earth and in outer space Solving these problems Aerospace engineers build and test satellites such as this one that was launched into space in late 2009 Atmosphere describes the whole mass of air or gases that surrounds a planet 5
