Montante

2023年4月10日,

詹姆斯•Burns-Montante Lonestar飞行软件主管。提供形象。当圣彼得堡工程师詹姆斯Burns-Montante发现克里斯·斯托特当地科技公司的创始人Lonestar数据资产,购买Montante的新月形湖童年时的家,他从来没有想到架桥连接将导致他成为首席工程师Lonestar背后的登月任务。“我要一步自1994年以来第一次在我童年时的家,“Montante说,想起对话演变成两人在分享他们的激情找到共同点的空间领域。“这是野;他和我是使用相同类型的软件技术。他想雇我做兼职,但是我的公司有非常严格的竞业禁止协议。他说,“让我们看看我们能做些什么来让你一个全职工作。“在接下来的几个月,Montante继续参与斯托特和Lonestar首席数据官将霍金斯。圣基础Lonestar数据Holdings inc .)的数据分析创业计划在月球上建立一个数据中心网络。 Earlier this month, Lonestar, headquartered in the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub , officially announced Montante, who started working at Lonestar late last year, now has the title of Director of Flight Software. He will be leading the software functions for Lonestar to establish data centers on the lunar surface, expanding data storage opportunities for the government and private ventures. “Jim is a superb addition to our team. His experience is beyond compare and we are lucky to have him as we continue to build our presence here in Florida,” Stott said in a prepared statement. Montante will be the boots on the ground as Lonestar tests its proof-of-concept data center on the Moon inside a robotic lander, as part of space exploration company Intuitive Machines’ upcoming lunar missions. The company previously signed a contract with SpaceX to launch several lunar lander missions with a Falcon 9 rocket. Intuitive Machines’ first mission will take place in June. Lonestar’s conceptual data center on the moon. Image: Lonestar Data Holdings. The second mission, IM-2, is scheduled for October or November. Through the second mission, Lonestar plans to have a standalone physical data center on the Moon as a prototype that can store 16 terabytes of data. “Many people don’t understand that space is a really harsh environment. What you don’t always hear about it is the radiation. It can cause circuits to act crazy. One of the things we are doing is designing a circuit board that can shield it,” he said, describing how it can cause a reboot in the system. “We are trying to store people’s data. We can’t have it corrupted or lost, and we need provide the data fairly quickly. You have to design for low power and yet high capability. Our supplier has done that by working with low-power circuits and circuit boards. We aren’t trying to compete with Google or Amazon – we are trying to provide a service they do not offer. “We have to make sure the components in the data centers are correctly operating so we can operate it remotely and restore data,” he said, stating Stott is taking measures to ensure the data stored cannot be accessed or hacked by unauthorized users. Montante started his career in real-time computer-vision chip design for customers, including DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the U.S. Army. This led him into systems engineering for spacecraft mission computers and satellite payloads for a variety of customers. At Clearwater-based Honeywell Aerospace and Draper Laboratory, a nonprofit engineering innovation company that works with Honeywell, Montante helped provide deployment and support for certain projects. According to Montante’s biography, he has nearly 20 years of experience in the field. The announcement of Montante’s new role comes after Lonestar, founded in 2018, raised more than $5 million through a seed round led by Texas-based Scout Ventures.