<div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>Hey Ethan, will the raspberry pi be connected to the internet during the test?<br><br></div>If I wrote a piece of code that logged into #makerslocal and reported back the altitude, would it it be able to reach the freenode server?<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Ethan Chew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spacefelix@gmail.com" target="_blank">spacefelix@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hello,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Take note, it is my current understanding that educational institutions get to fly for free.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> >From Masten Space Systems in Mojave, CA (</span><a href="http://masten.aero/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://masten.aero/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">), an opportunity to fly code on a vertical takeoff and landing rocket (such as Xombie: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/A5b9LnzjGgU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/A5b9LnzjGgU</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) on Project Prometheus:</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://masten.aero/2014/05/project-prometheus/" target="_blank">http://masten.aero/2014/05/project-prometheus/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> 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 <font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:prometheus@masten.aero" target="_blank">prometheus@masten.aero</a> with input and questions about the program. </font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Quote:</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.</blockquote>
</blockquote><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span dir="ltr"><br></span></div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> - Ethan/spacefelix</div>
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