Aerospace engineering is a diverse and rapidly changing field which includes four major technologies: aerodynamics, dynamics and control, propulsion, and structures and materials. The primary application of aerospace engineering is the design and development of aircraft, missiles and spacecraft. However, aerospace engineering may also be applied to other vehicles and systems such as submarines, automobiles, trains, trucks, buses and rapid transit.
             Aerospace is a new and exciting field of engineering. Unlike other engineering disciplines, aerospace is still fresh with next year marking the young one-hundredth year of flight. At the turn of this century the Wright brothers became the first "aeronautical engineers" with their creation of the first manned flying machine. Afterwards, eager developments in the study of flight led to the x-planes and the Jet Age of the 1940s. Then came the Space Age with the launch of Russia's Sputnik and just several years later, America's own Explorer One in 1958. The century has spawned rapid innovation in aerospace that is still thriving today. Innovative aircraft of today include Boeing's new Sonic Cruiser, a commercial aircraft design capable of making air travel 15-20 percent faster than what is now currently available. Also, the development of Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is noteworthy in its supreme military capabilities, recently earning a huge government contract for production. Currently, space boundaries are being broken with the global cooperative International Space Station and new designs in space travel like the Hyper X spacecraft.
             Aerospace engineering is a new and exciting field still young in its history. A career in aerospace is surely a great way to experience a fantastic history in the making.
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