[hackerspaces] A Rocket Flight Opportunity For Code - Project Prometheus of Masten Space Systems

[Alex Cureton-Griffiths]

Could we have ONE educational institution that is hacker-friendly and
associate hacker projects with that by default? Say Institute for Astronomy
in Hawaii? Of course, if other projects want to assoc themselves w/ other
insitutions, no problemo


*Alex C-G*

*Global Project Lead - SpaceGAMBIT <http://www.spacegambit.org> *
Twitter: @alexcg <http://www.twitter.com/alexcg>



On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:

> P.S. A clarification on what Masten means when they said 'Educational
> Institutions fly for free'; the terms behind the statement are that the
> project requires that you involve high school and/or college students in
> the design, code and fly process and have a direct association with their
> educational institution.  The project is only open to educational
> institutions.  So you'd have to associate yourself with one.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:00 AM, <discuss-request at lists.hackerspaces.org>
> wrote:
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:51:12 -0700
>> From: Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>
>> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>> Subject: [hackerspaces] A Rocket Flight Opportunity For Code - Project
>>         Prometheus of Masten Space Systems
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>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>       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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