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

[Ethan Chew]

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> 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 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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