[General] A Letter From Mojave - A Rocket Flight Opportunity For Code - Project Prometheus of Masten Space Systems

[david]

Thanks, Ethan

David



On 07/15/2014 02:36 AM, Ethan Chew wrote:
> Hello David,
>
>          I worked for this company as an intern in Spring 2012.  I can 
> assure you they are legitimate and have quite a reputation.
>         They have served customers from JPL to test Entry, Descent and 
> Landing Algorithms for their planetary landers to Draper Labs to test 
> their GENIE guidance system.  Their latest customers are Astrobiotics 
> (http://www.astrobotic.com/) to test their lunar lander control system 
> on the Xombie Vertical Take-Off and Landing test platform vehicle.
>
> Some more info on their achievements and current customers:
>
> http://masten.aero/company/media/
> http://www.parabolicarc.com/tag/masten-space-systems/
>
> And videos of their various flights: 
> https://www.youtube.com/user/mastenspace/
>
>                     - Ethan
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:24 PM, david <ainut at knology.net 
> <mailto:ainut at knology.net>> wrote:
>
>     Ethan, is that group worth fooling with?  Are they legit?  There
>     are about six hundred thousand tests I'd like to run for a flight
>     but if that group is flaky or fake...
>
>     David Merchant
>
>
>
>
>     On 07/15/2014 12:08 AM, Ethan Chew wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>
>>         Take note, it is my current understanding that educational
>>     institutions get to fly for free.
>>
>>         From Masten Space Systems in Mojave, CA
>>     (http://masten.aero/), an opportunity to fly code on a vertical
>>     takeoff and landing rocket (such as Xombie:
>>     http://youtu.be/A5b9LnzjGgU) on Project Prometheus:
>>     http://masten.aero/2014/05/project-prometheus/
>>
>>         In summary; there is a Raspberry Pi on board that is
>>     connected to a sensor suite.  Send Masten some code you want to
>>     run during a flight that processes inputs from the sensors during
>>     the flight.  The project is for the rapid, streamlined
>>     development of tools relating to; visual navigation, landing
>>     detection, mass estimation and position/attitude estimation.  You
>>     can reach them at prometheus at masten.aero
>>     <mailto:prometheus at masten.aero> with input and questions about
>>     the program.
>>
>>     Quote:
>>
>>             the Masten Team has also been thinking about ways we
>>             could engage the broader community and increase
>>             accessibility to our VTVL vehicles. One of the largest
>>             barriers to entry for any technology developer seeking to
>>             conduct aerospace flight testing is access to a vehicle.
>>             Limited access to an integrated GPS/IMU navigation
>>             system, flight-rated computing platforms, and sensors
>>             present additional challenges to innovators. In the
>>             spirit of broadening access to aerospace resources, we
>>             have had a project cooking in the background called
>>             Prometheus.
>>
>>
>>             Project Prometheus is a Masten program designed to foster
>>             the development of flight-test ready technologies by
>>             innovators in academic and research settings. By
>>             implementing a standardized interface between Masten
>>             vehicles and experimental software and hardware tools,
>>             Prometheus will provide a streamlined, efficient path for
>>             technology maturation throughout the course of tool
>>             conception, development and flight test. Access to
>>             uniform, flight-tested hardware and software development
>>             framework for innovators will ultimately reduce
>>             integration, development and other flight test costs.
>>
>>
>>
>>                    - Ethan/spacefelix
>>
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