Question: I want to work for NASA to achieve this goal should I be an engineer?

Evan Keane answered on 15 Jun 2011:

Hi mallfunnbunny, well NASA is huge so you can work for them doing many jobs. But yes, if you become an engineer you can work for them building things (like space telescopes, space shuttles, rockets, computers to be used in space, etc.) so if that is what you want to do then an engineer would be good. Of course you can also work for NASA as a scientist. They need astronomers to use space telescopes and to understand what we see in with them. And not only astronomers but other kinds of scientists too – for example they try to grow plants on the international space station where there is no soil and only artificial light. This is important because if we go to different planets (like Mars) we would need to be able to grow food for ourselves on the way! Of course if you were some kind of fighter pilot you might be able to drive a space shuttle. But you would also need to be a trained scientist too, to do that.

So I think your best bet is to be an engineer or a scientist (with interest in space & astronomy) and then you can work for NASA. I worked at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida for a few months one summer and it was great! This is where the space shuttles launch from and land and it is full of scientists and engineers of all kinds working on so many projects. Maybe somewhere like this is where you want to work. I can recommend it. 🙂