What is the difference between aeronautical and aerospace engineering?

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Dharamveer Dheer | Scholar-Level 18

5 years ago

Hello Likith, Aeronautical engineering is a part of aerospace engineering. They both are equal in importance so that we can't say which is better. Though both appear to be the same, there is a difference. The two types of aerospace engineers include aeronautical engineers (they work with aircraft th

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Khushal Arora | Scholar-Level 16

5 years ago

Hello! Aeronautical engineering is actually a type of aerospace engineering, which is split into two main areas: Aeronautical: Relates to machines that fly within the earths atmosphere, such as planes. Astronautical: Relates to spacecraft such as rockets, space stations and shuttles. My brother has

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Ashish Sharma | Scholar-Level 17

5 years ago

Dear Aspirant, Aeronautical deals with flight in the earth's atmosphere, Astronautical deals with travel in space, and Aerospace covers both realms. Many students in India desire to take up aeronautical and aerospace engineering but with a lack of proper knowledge they land up making a puzzling choi

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Vikash Jain | Guide-Level 14

7 months ago

Aerospace Engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. Aerospace Engineering can be divided broadly into two branches - Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering.

While Aeronautical engineers will be more interested in flight

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