what is the difference between aeronautical and aerospace engineering

15 Views|Posted 2011-04-24 13:31:19
Asked by Nirmal
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Manish Ramachandran
2011-04-24 13:37:13
Hi Nirmal. Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is broken into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The former deals with craft that stay within Earth's atm

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Pooja Kohli
2011-04-25 16:55:04
Hi Nirmal, Although, aerospace engineering and aeronautical engineering has almost the same curriculum but certain differences in courses do exist. Like courses like space propulsion, orbital mechanics, attitude determination and control systems, satellite and space systems are not part of aeronaut

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