Ubergeeke’s Projects: Open Source Rockets!
More than once, I’ve mentioned my involvement with the Portland State Aerospace Society. PSAS is an open source amateur rocketry group, and we build rockets. Damned fine rockets!
We’re currently in a fast-paced development cycle as we prepare for a launch this fall in Black Rock, Nevada. My contribution to that cycle is a carrier board for our flight computer. With direction by Andrew Greenberg and Sarah Sharp, I’ll be building a board that adds some functionality to the flight computer, including VGA, USB and 802.11 a/b/g connectivity.
Lofty goals, indeed, but keep checking back here and here on dotFiveOne for project updates!
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July 1st, 2009 at 9:36 am
So…you do know that once upon a time (1989) in a galaxy far far away (east coast) I went to this school (syracuse), and my major in that school was aerospace engineering?
Yeah.
Is this group open to newcomer types who probably can’t contribute much initially but totally loves rockets and wants to learn how to build them? Huh huh huh?
July 1st, 2009 at 9:38 am
That’s *awesome*! You never told me that!
Heck yeah, you’re welcome to come to PSAS meetings. There’s always something for folks to do - and there’s nothing wrong with starting from scratch. Check the PSAS site for more info about meetings and such, or DM me offline.