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along with program coordinator Lance Erickson
spoke to media and space industry leaders at the
two-day conference sponsored by the Federal
Aviation Administration, Feb. 6-7 at the
National Housing Center in Washington, D.C.
“This first-of-its-kind degree program would
continue to solidify our students’ spot at the
forefront of an industry that is sure to grow
for decades to come.”
Graduates of the new degree program will have
the qualifications needed to fill jobs in
management, training and education, policy,
safety, program and project planning, human
factors, regulation, flight planning and
operations. Final approval for the program,
slated to begin in Fall 2013, is pending Board
of Trustees approval in March.
“Embry-Riddle’s new Commercial Space Operations
degree is one of the most innovative
non-engineering degrees in the aerospace
industry,” said Erickson, professor of applied
aviation sciences at Embry-Riddle and creator of
the program. “It is an important link between
Embry-Riddle’s expertise in aerospace education
and the needs of commercial space industries and
regulatory agencies.”
“When we were planning this degree, our advisors
from the commercial space industry said they
couldn’t wait to hire our graduates,” Erickson
added.
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