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

[Ethan Chew]

Yes, that is quite possible and will be very useful.  Having an educational
institution that is hacker-friendly and willing to host and manage such a
relationship would greatly enable hackerspaces to get on board Project
Prometheus.

It would be helpful to the hackerspace community to be aware of other
educational institutions that are also hacker-friendly and can serve
similar relationships.

                - Ethan/spacefelix


> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:26:40 +0200
> From: Alex Cureton-Griffiths <alexcg at gmail.com>
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> 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
>
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> 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:
> >
> >>
> >> 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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