Thursday, April 11, 2013

Ben Brockert, Able Space - alumnus of Masten Space and Armadillo has a new company

Ben Brockert, Able Space - alumnus of Masten Space and Armadillo has a new company

Ben has started up his own company: Able Space.  He is now doing space contract work.

He talked about a real-life contract he did for Jonathan Goff.

While he was at Masten Space he did rocket operations (thousands of static engine tests & dozens of test flights), welding, plumbing, avionics and paperwork.

At Armadillo he worked on a LOX/Methane engine for NASA, gimbal systems, cold gax RCS and engine testing.  He also helped with Photo, views and social media.

He has several current projects.  One is a low cost rocket test stand.  He wants to be able to help students and amateurs.  The goal is to use off-the-shelf as much as possible with a below $2000 price tag.

He is also working on a small liquid sounding rocket.  Wants a 1200 lb gross lift off weight, mobile launch system, small payloads to 40-120 km.

He is looking for additional work.


The full agenda for Space Access 2013 agenda.

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