My 14yo daughter (soon to be HS Freshman) spent a week at Goddard Space Center (chosen for a Girl Scout leadership/astronomy grant) and a week at space camp in Alabama this summer. She now has her heart set on applying for a NASA internship in 2 years. She was told the acceptance rate is around 5% for these positions.
Additionally, she is thinking of applying for an internship with Fermilab next summer (and NASA the summer after). Fermi stresses the importance of a programming background.
Academically, she is very strong, but one area she is lacking in is that she doesn’t have a strong programming background. She only has some limited experience with Python.
Questions:
Which programming languages do to see as most valuable/applicable for a high schooler who wants to work in space sciences and for applying for internships?
How do you suggest learning these languages if they are not offered at the high school? (Note: I have an out-dated programming background and am happy to help guide her if the work is done at home).
Thanks!
Submitted July 11, 2019 at 12:06PM by SureWtever https://ift.tt/2XK2JQ6
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