• Question: would you like to stay working on science in university?

    Asked by 862speq27 to Stephen, Sita, Rory, Hannah, Brian, Alison on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Rory Scarrott

      Rory Scarrott answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      In an ideal world, yes.
      But i’m in the middle of a PhD, and have no idea what I want to do after.
      I’ll figure that out in two or three years 🙂

    • Photo: Sita Karki

      Sita Karki answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Yes, as long as I can.

    • Photo: Alison Dufresne

      Alison Dufresne answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I don’t work at a University, I work in private commercial industry. I wouldn’t mind going back to a University setting someday but I absolutely love the freedom of working in the industry! I love how fast projects move. We go from customer request, to delivering a flight unit in just a few months! In University funding is hard to come by and projects move very slowly.. I don’t miss that!

    • Photo: Hannah Currivan

      Hannah Currivan answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      Once I finish my masters degree in space science and technology, I want to enter the space industry in the area of Space Systems Engineering and Spacecraft Operations. 🙂 🙂 🙂
      I have carried out research in universities and I loved it, but I find research and development in industry so much more fulfilling for me. 🙂 🙂 🙂

    • Photo: Stephen O'Connor

      Stephen O'Connor answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      At the moment I would prefer to be working in industry or for the European Space Agency. It is fast paced and you work together in teams a lot of the time to solve problems which I find very interesting. You also get to see satellites launching that you or colleagues of yours have worked on and that is a cool experience.

      I really enjoyed university though and always wanted to get a PhD, so I guess I will end up back there one day! One of the huge rewards of university though is the opportunity to do really cutting edge research,and make an amazing discovery!

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