Andy Crocker, Aerospace Engineer

Meet Andy Crocker, an aerospace engineer at Dynetics.

In this interview Andy discusses where his interest in aerospace stems from. He reminisces that he has been interested in space since the 8th grade when he did a project on the space station. Since then he knew he wanted to be an astronaut. Once Andy was in college he realized his eyes were not good enough to be an astronaut and he was devastated. So, he decided to pursue his passion for aerospace through designing hardware.

After college his work was focused on hardware and rockets. Andy has worked for a number of large aerospace companies including Rocketdyne and Aerojet, and his career has been focused on rocket engine design. He has the most fun when he is designing hardware. After working at Rocketdyne, he joined the team at Orion Propulsion and worked on Boeing’s contract with NASA’s Ares I program.

In this video you can see the real passion and love of space Andy has and the true fulfillment he gets from doing his job.

 

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