The final frontier? [space industry engineer/scientist shortage]

With the recent expeditions to Mars and talk of landing on the moon again, being involved in the space industry is becoming 'cool' once more. However, this industry has a growing concern. A lot of seasoned NASA and Air Force space engineers and scientists will be retiring soon and, as such, they are facing a problem of filling that void due to a lack of educational and research activity. This article reviews the shortage problems and outlines some initiative being put in place to help overcome them.