Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Aviation:

 Differences between Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Aviation:

Term	Scope	Key Focus	Examples
Aerospace	Broadest field: includes everything that flies in the atmosphere and beyond (space).	Design, development, testing, and production of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and satellites.	Boeing (aircraft), ISRO (spacecraft), NASA (satellites), SpaceX
Aeronautical	Subset of aerospace: concerned with vehicles that fly within Earth’s atmosphere.	Focuses on aerodynamics, propulsion, and structure of aircraft (not spacecraft).	Aircraft design, fighter jets, helicopters, commercial planes
Aviation	Operational side: deals with flying, operating, and managing aircraft.	Aircraft operations, flight safety, navigation, air traffic control, airport management.	Airline pilots, air traffic controllers, ground crew

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🔍 Summary:

• Aerospace = Aircraft + Spacecraft
• Aeronautical = Only aircraft (within atmosphere)
• Aviation = Flying and managing aircraft operations