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

[Jacob Chancery]

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.


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are welcome!
>
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:44 AM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>
>>  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> 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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