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Contact Letter for companies/agencies/communities #6

Open elpiel opened 4 years ago

elpiel commented 4 years ago

Proposal:

Hello, My name is Lachezar and I am a software engineer (Linkedin). I personally think that there is a lot of interest in aerospace lately and that's why on 2 Jan 2020 we've started a new community & working group called ÄroRust.

ÄroRust is an Aerospace and Rust (the programming language) community & working group with the goal to help and push the Open-source community even more into the growing Aerospace industry, by providing information, materials, tools, crates, etc. to industry leaders and hobbyists alike.

We already have a big interest from a mixture of people (300+ people in Discord) spanning different areas and expertise including engineers and developers, and people working or that have worked on aerospace-related projects.

We believe that we have to start a discussion with various entities from the start and probably most of us understand that there are many hurdles that we have to overcome and firmly believe that Open-source will accelerate many other areas, not only the aerospace industry. Whether this would be aerospace hobbyist projects, the embedded world of Rust, unmanned aerial vehicles, Safety-critical systems in general, etc.

A concern that you might have is probably why should you spend resources on such an endeavour at all. The short answer is that the mere fact of doing this will help by building an ecosystem that is purely open-source and cost-efficient as many others can join exposing themselves to the project you are engaged with. On the other hand, there will are countless opportunities for collaboration with other companies and organizations which can further reduce the cost of development and increase deliverability.

Another great aspect of all this is that the environment is a perfect incubator for finding great talents that are passionate in this field. This creates a unique opportunity for hiring employees, supporting contributors and maintainers of Open-source software projects. Projects that will be used in a real production environment, offloading the development cost (research, development, testing, etc.) away from the organizations, companies, etc.

We're already looking to develop tooling and information in areas where certification and verification of tooling and software are not needed. This includes Unmanned areal vehicles, robotics, non-critical systems, simulations and many more.

As one of our community members commented: https://github.com/AeroRust/WorkingGroup/issues/6#issuecomment-570903389 and I couldn't have said it better... Building the outermost layer with non-safety-critical components towards the core of safety-critical components will provide us with a couple of years to build the tooling required for that and grow adoption along the way.

We know that there's already interest in using Rust by various entities and that's why we invite you to join and participate by bringing your experience, knowledge, and expertise to the working group!

Best wishes, Lachezar Lechev

Objectives:

Motivation:

Get people interested in the working group and greatly involve them in actively participating and as well as making them part of the community and the efforts.

List of entities we can start contacting:

Also see #3 for the Industry outreach proposal.

pwnorbitals commented 4 years ago

Related to #3. I think we should first focus on companies that work on non-safety-critical components, hobbyist-targeted products (drones, UAVs, MAVs), and simulation solutions, as it will be easier to get them interested and new technologies won't be a big problem (regarding qualifications)

elpiel commented 4 years ago

Yes @MagixInTheAir , I coulnd't have said it better! :wink:

pwnorbitals commented 4 years ago

contacted kubos.com with their online form and email. Will report back on the results here

pwnorbitals commented 4 years ago

Kubos dev @plauplauplau is on Discord ! I think they know about us now :)

Vagelis-Prokopiou commented 4 years ago

Hi guys. Some more space agencies that you might want to contact some time: https://www.roscosmos.ru/ https://global.jaxa.jp/ https://www.esa.int/ https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

plauche commented 4 years ago

I have spoken to the RTEMS (https://www.rtems.org/) folks about Rust at the Flight Software Workshop and they have expressed some interest. It would be worth reaching out to see if they are ready for a collaboration on bringing Rust support to RTEMS.

arrowcircle commented 4 years ago

Rotax engines are super popular in small general aviation aircrafts. They use CANAerospace protocol, so maybe contacting the manufacturer or implementing CANAerospace protocol in Rust is a good idea.

elpiel commented 4 years ago

What time do we start tomorrow? :wink:

I am happy to announce, that we've got a response from one of the companies we've contacted. They've decided to give AeroRust a development and test platform in space. <3

Quote from Discord by @DarkStar1982 (CEO):

1) We need exposure/marketing - almost nobody know about us 2) We will offer you to fly Rust code in space Whatever you can think of - simple demo, or maybe elaborate app is fine :slight_smile:

Late 2020/Early 2021, after we gain some experience with ESA mission reddit/r/rust can be a good platform to advertise both for you and me Or something else

We plan to run a Kickstarter too, to fund at least part of our mission That can help

Long story - we will give AeroRust a development and test platform in space I think hardly a better offer is even possible :slight_smile: So you can advertise that your code is truly space-qualified

I think this is as transparent as possible for our community. I am really excited about this opportunity and can't wait to see this happen.

jamesmunns commented 4 years ago

Hey, James from Ferrous Systems here, let me know if there is anything I can help with :)

elpiel commented 4 years ago

Adding Eurospace (https://eurospace.org) to the list. They seem to have a very diverse list of working groups, especially The Space Research & Technology Committee (SRTC) Their Priorities PDF

I especially like how our Working group aligns with theirs:

To fully perform its mission the SRTC is able to:

  • provide industry experts inputs at technology level and support technology roadmapping (identify critical technologies, maintain list of priority actions etc…)
  • influence European technology policies and programmes (ESA Technology programmes, European Union procurement rules for R&T, Framework programme contents, etc.).

They might be a good entry-point into the European space industry.

elpiel commented 4 years ago

Update: No response from them as of 14.02.2021

elpiel commented 3 years ago

EnduroSat ( www.endurosat.com )

25.01.2021

After introducing AeroRust as a Community and a Working group to EnduroSat I’ve had the pleasure to have a meeting with a couple of people that are working there.

We engineer, build, and operate exceptional NanoSats

- source: https://www.endurosat.com/

🗓 The meeting took place this week and we’ve discussed how an Open Source community like ours could collaborate with a company innovator in the space industry.

ℹ The key takeaway is that Endurosat has an interest in opening up projects and working with Open source licenses in order to ease their clients.

⏩ We will have a second meeting to discuss further concrete ideas for our collaboration