Startup Riot
Michael Mealling mentioned a few posts ago that he did a short pitch on our company at Startup Riot. The video and slides are now online, you can watch them here or here:

There’s probably some stuff in there that we haven’t mentioned here.

Interns
Our current interns are working out great. Melissa Schaffer has been working on a model of XA-0.2’s landing gear, so we can be confident in the gear before dropping an expensive vehicle on it. She’s also been contributing to the various other projects we’re working on. As has Wayne Neumaier, who has also taken on work on the rocket test trailer and the igniter testing work that I was doing before. We all went out to the test site yesterday and hauled back the hold down test stand. We’re closer to testing a vehicle by the day.

We had a lot of interest in having interns again this fall, so we’re now open to applications. The previous information is still applicable. Though we are an aerospace company, you don’t need to be an aerospace engineer to apply. There is a great deal of work to be done in electrical, mechatronics, software, and mechanical engineering.

The general time line is as follows:

1. Resumes in by August 3rd
2. Interviews by August 8
3. Offers accepted by August 15
4. Start in late August or early September, and work for 3 months total.

If you wish to apply, please send a resume and a filled-out application to internships [at] masten-space.com

And finally, hello to Melissa’s mom, a new reader of the blog.