WASAWairarapa AeronauticWASA is the Wairarapa Aeronautic and Space Administration: a small, unofficial space agency dedicated to bold missions, questionable budgets, and the careful exploration of nearby paddocks.
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Practical research for impractical frontiers.
Hubris is our first major expedition: a half-built rover, an evolving design, and a serious focus on autonomous driving, navigation, and obstacle avoidance.
Software is based on Beambots and Nerves. There will probably still be a gate that needs opening.
Read the mission brief →WASA exists to prove that you do not need a launchpad, a billion-dollar budget, or permission from anyone in Wellington to conduct meaningful space research.
We build things, point them at the horizon, and document what happens next.
“Ask not what your countryside can do for you, but what you can do for your countryside.”