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#1 2020-04-09 17:50:04

louis
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Masten

Interesting video on Masten landers - Masten are hooking up with NASA for possible lunar landings. Not clear yet what rocket will be used to get it to lunar orbit but Falcon 9H could do it.

I think something like these landers could be built on Mars at an early stage, either as rocket hoppers, for exploration or as vehicles to LMO.


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#2 2020-05-06 20:59:08

tahanson43206
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Re: Masten

This is a follow up to Louis post #1

The Space Show featured an interview with Dave Masten:
Broadcast 3504 Dave Masten
03 May 2020 Dave Masten

We welcomed back to the show Dave Masten of Masten Space Systems for a one segment 65 minute discussion regarding their lunar lander development program, NASA CLPS award for going to the lunar south pole around December 2022.  You can get much more information about the company and their landers, XL-1 and XL-2 by visiting the Masten website,   https://www.masten.aero.  You can also contact Dave Masten through the company website or me.

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#3 2022-07-30 07:19:40

Mars_B4_Moon
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Re: Masten

Masten Space Systems files for bankruptcy
https://spacenews.com/masten-space-syst … ankruptcy/

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#4 2022-07-30 19:03:11

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Re: Masten

They were the company with the lead for spot-to-spot takeoff and landing for the google prize quite some time ago and since they were used as a means for Nasa to think out how to get a lunar lander that was tossed in the trash when space x was given a contract that did not follow the request design concept, so it killed others too that were working towards similar designs.

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