<div dir="ltr">Very interesting opportunity. I second their legitness. I've never worked for them, but I know they beat Armadillo Aerospace to win the $1,000,000 Lunar Lander Challenge several years ago. And they recently won a $3 million contract from DARPA to work on a reusable booster vehicle.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:55 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">You are welcome!</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:44 AM, david <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks, Ethan<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div>Hello David,</div>
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I worked for this company as an intern in Spring 2012.
I can assure you they are legitimate and have quite a
reputation.
<div> 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 (<a href="http://www.astrobotic.com/" target="_blank">http://www.astrobotic.com/</a>)
to test their lunar lander control system on the Xombie
Vertical Take-Off and Landing test platform vehicle.
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<div>Some more info on their achievements and current
customers:</div>
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<div><a href="http://masten.aero/company/media/" target="_blank">http://masten.aero/company/media/</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/tag/masten-space-systems/" target="_blank">http://www.parabolicarc.com/tag/masten-space-systems/</a><br>
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<div>And videos of their various flights: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mastenspace/" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/mastenspace/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:24 PM, david
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> 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...<br>
<br>
David Merchant
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hello,</div>
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Take note, it is my current understanding
that educational institutions get to fly for
free.</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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