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Did you miss the party?
No worries! We recorded the live event. You can watch it below: Guest Panelists Greg Moran Vice President, Mach 30 (Special thanks to Ignite New Mexico and their sponsors* for providing video footage...
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Introducing the Shepard Test Stand: Mach 30′s first Open Source Spaceflight...
by Jeremy Wright, Innovations Technology Solutions, LLC [Editors Note: I’ve been asking you to be patient on the hardware front for years now, so believe me when I say words cannot capture how excited...
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Up, Up, and Away: Live(ish) coverage of High Altitude Ballooning
Today’s the day! Mach 30 President, J. Simmons and volunteer, Jeremy Wright are in Chicago to begin documenting Open Design Engine‘s first High Altitude Balloon project. This project is a partnership...
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Transparency Means Sharing Failures and Successes
Maureen and I had lunch with Jerry from Maui Makers and the Hackerspace Space Program a couple of weeks ago. We talked about a number of things including Open Design Engine, Makerspaces (which led to...
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Welcome to Mars!
Way to go, Curiosity! Click the photo for more on Curiosity’s successful trip to Mars
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Mach 30 Reporting In: September 2012
We dedicate our first weekly hangout each month to catching you up on what is happening at Mach 30. We do project updates, share where we are stuck, and answer any questions that come up about Mach 30...
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Mach 30 Reporting In: October 2012
We dedicate our first weekly hangout each month to catching you up on what is happening at Mach 30. We do project updates, share where we are stuck, and answer any questions that come up about Mach 30...
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*NEW* Mach 30 Book Club
We’ve been ‘incubating’ projects over on the Mach 30 Drawing Board because honestly, there are waaay too many good ideas out there and too few of us on the Mach 30 board. One of these ideas, the Book...
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Just Launched: Open Design Engine Public Beta
Open Design Engine KickStarter Logo We are very excited to announce the launch of the Open Design Engine (ODE) Public Beta. The road to get here ended up being a little longer than we expected, but...
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Mach 30 – It’s Not Just for Engineers
A question that’s been coming up a lot is this – “Do I have to be an engineer or rocket scientist to be a part of Mach 30?” The answer is no! And by “no” I mean it’s critical that we have the help of...
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Fifty-two Years
It’s been fifty-two years. No, not of Mach 30 (well, not yet anyway)… It’s been fifty-two years since the first human spaceflight. And for the last twelve years people around the world have...
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Growing Open Design Engine
April is turning out to be quite a busy month for Open Design Engine. So far we have found a new software development contractor to help us with the heavy lifting required for some of our new...
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Test Early, Test Often, Test Everytime
Credit Rob Sayer Not everyone knows this, but my first degree is in theatre, specifically theatre lighting design. Before I ever learned about differential equations, stress analysis, or lift-to-drag...
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Exploratory Learning
Everyone involved with Mach 30 is always learning and growing, whether it be from conversations on social media outlets like Facebook or Google+, activities like the book club , or our weekly Hangouts....
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Ground Station part 1
DIY Ground Station, Part 1 By Aaron Harper Communication is a fundamental part of intelligence; it is one of the things that makes us human. It should come as no surprise that a foundational...
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Of Google+ Pages, Google Drive, and Hangouts
As most of our readers have already guessed, Mach 30 is a big fan of Google’s services. We hold our meetings over Google+ Hangouts. We store our documents in Google Drive. And of course, we have an...
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Change
Change. It’s never easy, even when it is for the best of reasons. In a group or corporation, it can be chaotic or revolutionary. Yet, as most philosophers will tell you, it is inevitable. Here at Mach...
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Shepard Test Stand Update 06-17-13
From the beginning of our rocket motor test stand project, code named “Shepard”, our primary objective has been that the data we record with the test stand has to match the manufacturer’s data. That...
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Gravitas at Mach 30
Gravitas (n.) – An ancient Roman virtue that denotes seriousness and dignity. It encompasses the depth of knowledge and/or personality that comes with experience. A very old word, but a modern...
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Achievements Unlocked!
It’s been a very exciting month at Mach 30. We have made amazing progress on the Shepard Test Stand, gotten accepted to speak at a conference, and exhibited at another. If life were a video game,...
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