• Question: do you enjoy your job as an engineer and why? + did you ever have to fix a rocket?

    Asked by Aaron "American" Mccorr to Aisling, Colin, Laurence, Ned, Niamh on 9 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Aisling Shannon

      Aisling Shannon answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Hi Aaron, I enjoy my job because it is always interesting and challenging. I have not worked on Launchers/rockets, but I have worked on spacecraft and quite often mistakes are made that need to be fixed. I personally do not go and fix them, but I work with the team to figure out the best solution and how we should go about fixing what is broken.

    • Photo: Laurence O'Rourke

      Laurence O'Rourke answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Hi Aaron, yes I enjoy it as I it is always very challenging, can be fun sometimes, and always interesting. I never had to fix a rocket but have helped fix satellites before launch and after launch in one way or another.

    • Photo: Ned Dwyer

      Ned Dwyer answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Yes I enjoy my job. It is varied so you are not doing the same thing every day. I also get to travel so I see interesting places and meet people from lots of different countries. I ve never had to fix a rocket but I have worked with photographs from satellites orbiting the earth

    • Photo: Colin Shirran

      Colin Shirran answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      Yes I love it! Being able to create things for the space industry is incredibly exciting. I’ve never had to fix a rocket but I have fixed a jet engine. Not exactly the same I’ll give you that… 🙂

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