Astronomy as a career

parvin · Post by **parvin** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:23 pm

I agree with vincent that US will be a viable option but the cost of living there is quite high + my parents are against the idea of going overseas. Yup, maybe I might want to specialise in physics here as it is quite link to astronomy. Or maybe I might make astronomy as a hobby instead of a career. But i still agree with Jin Peng that in the near future, there could be a possibility of astronomy as a career here. No grudges, just have a gut feeling

Post by **zong** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:36 pm

Actually I'm not sure about the chances even if you got to US. NASA is their pride in the space war against, "you know who"... Unless you're fully prepared to throw away your Singapore citizenship and take up their's, you probably stand little to no chance to go into space. However, I guess the funding for research in Astronomy is at least much, much, much, better over there than it is here

I'm not hopeful that astronomy will be anything more than a hobby in Singapore anytime while I'm still alive. Besides, just being an amateur is fun enough in astronomy anyway

ChaosKnight · Post by **ChaosKnight** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:00 pm

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Post by **weixing** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:37 pm

Hi,
If you really want to become one, it is possible (it's a news in Zaobao quite sometime ago):
http://www.zaobao.com/edu/pages3/edulive070611.html

For those don't know mandarin, below is the translated version from google translator (translation may not be total accurate):
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... n&ie=UTF-8

Have a nice day.

PS: Anyone know him??

Post by **VinSnr** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:04 am

weixing wrote:Hi,
If you really want to become one, it is possible (it's a news in Zaobao quite sometime ago):
http://www.zaobao.com/edu/pages3/edulive070611.html

For those don't know mandarin, below is the translated version from google translator (translation may not be total accurate):
http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... n&ie=UTF-8

Have a nice day.

PS: Anyone know him??

Again, it is possible in US. Unless one is prepared to go there study, not likely we can be do it here.

But well, I was hoping that one day, some Singaporean will discover a comet and put Singapore in the world astronomy map. Hopefully that would open the floodgates for more interest and research.

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:58 pm

just for reference...

http://www.astronomycast.com/uncategori ... astronomy/

Robin Lee · Post by **Robin Lee** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:41 am

I found out that the avg salary for an astronomer is USD10k per year.

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:01 am

Kim Miau wrote:I found out that the avg salary for an astronomer is USD10k per year.

is there a way to make good money from astronomy?

ChaosKnight · Post by **ChaosKnight** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:02 am

Not to be discouraging, but check out these poor dudes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdTlHK1h_0

Robin Lee · Post by **Robin Lee** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:35 pm

kingkong wrote:
Kim Miau wrote:I found out that the avg salary for an astronomer is USD10k per year.
is there a way to make good money from astronomy?

No idea. Let's brainstorm over this.