Maston Space Systems
Masten Space Systems, Founded : 2004
Masten Space Systems is an aerospace company pressing forward in the new space race with a fleet of reusable launch vehicles and landers.
Octorber of 2009 Masten entered their XA-0.1B “Xombie” in the Level 1 part of the Lunar Lander X Prize Challenge taking second place. Later in 2009 Masten used their XA-0.1E “Xoie” demonstrating an average landing accuracy of 19cm, taking first place for the Level 2 of the competition.
XA-0.1E “Xoie”
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Masten’s current fleet includes Xodiac and XaeroB
Masten is one of the companies participating in the Lunar CATALYST
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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/innovation_incubator/centennial_challenges/cc_masten_level_1.html
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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/innovation_incubator/centennial_challenges/cc_ll_feature_lvl2.html
Posters note: With companies big companies making headlines on a weekly basis, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the smaller companies in the new space race. So I wanted to take some time to post about these guys and girls who are really working hard at incredible goals. Feel free to post, news, and discuss the topic in these posts.
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