University and college classes will, at their best, introduce you to new ideas and challenge you to find answers for yourself. And help guide you from basic to advanced topics. The goal of higher education isn't to create people who have answers, it's to create people who can ask good questions and discover answers for themselves.
Look, if you wanted to understand something like orbital mechanics, you don't *start* with orbital mechanics (few meaningful journeys start at their destination), you start with algebra. Then you move to trig, and then to calculus. Add some classes in rudimentary physics. Only when you're fluent with the prerequisites do you have a fighting chance to truly understand orbital mechanics.
If you want to understand how the planet's magnetic field is generated, that sounds to me like an incredible journey. What's the first step?
Space/Science » in reply to Interesting
Well yeah, just take the classes in "Not Known" and "Presumed"
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