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is aerospace engineering & aeronautical engineering one and the same?

is aerospace engineering & aeronautical engineering one and the same?
 
 

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Avinash
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8 years ago
Aeronautical Engineering is thought of as a branch of Aerospace Engineering. Aeronautical deals with devices that stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while Aerospace can deal with any type of device inside the atmosphere or outside. I feel earning a degree in Aerospace Engineering is a more logical idea because it is broader, meaning it can give you the option to explore. You will be given the opportunity to decide what field most interests you then decide what you want to do with your life. In addition, there will be more job opportunities because of its diversity over the Aeronautical field.

Here is what wikipedia says (they do a pretty good job stating that aeronautical engineering is basically 1 of 2 branches of aerospace, astronautical being the other):

Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft.[1] It is broken into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The former deals with craft that stay within Earth's atmosphere, and the latter deals with craft that operate outside of Earth's atmosphere.

Aerospace engineering deals with the design, construction, and application of the science behind the forces and physical properties of aircraft, rockets, flying craft, and spacecraft. The field also covers their aerodynamic characteristics and behaviors, airfoil, control surfaces, lift, drag, and other properties. Aerospace engineering is not to be confused with the various other fields of engineering that go into designing these complex craft. For example, the design of aircraft avionics, while certainly part of the system as a whole, would rather be considered electrical engineering, or perhaps computer engineering. The landing gear system on an aircraft may fall into the field of mechanical engineering, and so forth. It is typically a large combination of many disciplines that makes up aeronautical engineering.

While aeronautical engineering was the original term, the broader "aerospace" has superseded it in usage, as flight technology advanced to include craft operating in outer space.[2] Aerospace engineering, particularly the astronautics branch, is referred to colloquially as "rocket science".

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