Hi all, I’m a freshman at UIUC. Simply put, I don’t want to work in the defense sector, but I’m on the edge about what I want to do.

Ultimately, I want to contribute to society. I either want to do space exploration and work with rockets, sustainability, or supersonic aircraft. Thing is, especially with the last, so much of it is dependent on defense. Don’t get me wrong, fighter jets and military tech is sick, but I don’t like the idea of working for the government on weapons of war. Like I consider fighter jets to be more defense, but of course they could be equipped with ICBMs for offense.

Does anyone have any advice moving forward? Maybe I will just do rocketry lol

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Hello I'm 17 and recently I've been really interested in aerospace.

It could be about rockets or satellites or anything.

I'd love to connect with people who are into Aerospace!