INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Draper, the MIT spin-off engineering lab, is famed for developing the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (not Draper Esprit, I hasten to add)
Ken Gabriel, President and CEO, also recently made a major announcement
Blue Origin has now partnered with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build elements of the company human-rated lunar lander, and
Draper will lead the development of the lander avionics and guidance systems, with an aim to be ready to land a crew on the moon by
2024.
&While Blue Origin is the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin is building the ascent stage, Northrop Grumman is building the transfer
element and Draper is doing the GNC (guidance, navigation and control),& Blue Origin CEO and founder Jeff Bezos said, announcing the move at
the International Astronautical Congress in Washington
Blue Origin is competing for a NASA contract to develop a crewed lunar lander, or Human Landing System, for the Artemis program, which aims
to return astronauts to the surface of the moon by the end of 2024.
TechCrunch sat down to chat with Gabriel, who previously he co-founded
Google Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group, to tlak about what he sees coming up in the future for the most advanced technologies
Prior to this, he was Deputy and Acting Director of the famed DARPA in the U.S
During his tenure, DARPA advanced capabilities in hypersonics, offensive and defensive cyber, and big data analytics for intelligence and
