ATLANTA – Feb. 18, 2021 – With a flurry of new space investment and focus on new next-generation Low Earth Orbit satellites, it’s never been a more exciting time to enter the space and satellite industry. Young professionals looking to the stars need look no further than the Southeast — from the Florida Space Coast to Rocket City in Huntsville, Alabama, to Atlanta, home to satellite broadcasting giant CNN and a host of aerospace and satellite firms as well as top engineering schools.
As part of Engineers Week, the Southeast Chapter of Space and Satellite Society International (SSPI-SE), Critical Components, Inc. and the Infrastructure Society of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) will host “Starting a Career in the Space Industry,” a free virtual panel featuring expert advice for today’s high school and college grads looking to work in the fast-growing space and satellite sector. The live event will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24 starting at 5:30 p.m.
Featured panel speaker includes Dr. Laura Forczyk, a space career coach, president of Astralytical Consulting and author of Rise of the Space Age Millennials (2020), her book featuring voices of space students and professionals born in the 1980s and 1990s on what inspires them to pursue careers in space.
“This event will offer practical advice for young people interested in how they can position themselves for successful careers in the space and satellite field, with additional insight from Dr. Forczyk, who has a pulse on how space is inspiring the millennial generation,” said Steve Marlowe, president of J S Marlowe Consulting in Atlanta, who will moderate the panel.
Rounding out the panel are employers from several commerical satellite operator, infrastructure and hardware companies throughout the Southeast:
