Eighty percent of Aerospace engineers in America are white males. According to Data USA, the average age of male engineers is 44 vs. 40 for female Aerospace engineers in a total workforce of 128,406.

Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics says employment of aerospace engineers is projected to grow 6 percent from 2016 to 2026, hiring is slow even as new companies are emerging to provide access to space.

Commercial space companies are going to need aerospace engineers to design spacecraft. In addition, they need people to test prototypes to make sure that they function according to design. That's where you come in.

Are you ready to launch to space?

The Base-11 Space Challenge aims to increase the number of women with the education and skills for jobs in the aerospace and related industries.

Boosted by a $1 million prize, student-led university teams are required to design, build, and launch a liquid-propelled, single-stage rocket to an altitude of 100 kilometers by December 30, 2021.

Smaller prizes will mark milestone stages, including design of the liquid-fuel rocket, static testing of the engine.

The biggest purse, which is fully funded, is the $1 million prize for launching the rocket to the edge of space.

The Base-11 Space Challenge is sponsored by National Rocketry League, LLC, a subsidiary of Base 11. Click here for more information.