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# Presentation: Technical careers in space exploration as a physics graduate
- URL: https://jatan.space/talk-technical-careers-in-space-exploration/
- Published: 2020-12-26T11:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-24T10:30:23.000Z
- Author: Jatan Mehta

Physics graduates have [plenty of opportunities to work at space organizations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUi8NSgdFY) and companies as space exploration becomes popular by the day. This video from my talk to physics students at the University of Mumbai on December 3, organized by their Department of Physics, discusses such career prospects.

**Topics discussed include:**

- 00:32 Careers in space exploration
- 01:17 - Rockets
- 04:52 - Orbiters
- 06:56 - Landers
- 08:31 - Rovers
- 11:55 - Trajectory planning
- 15:44 - Thermals
- 16:48 - Communications
- 18:11 - Or do something crazy
- 19:09 - Avionics and software