Examples we were successful at
- ALTAIR Wavefront Sensor Optics
- Major simplification at PDR
- Eliminated majority of components
- All large optics eliminated
- One powered mirror eliminated
- Major weight savings
- Alignment telescope handling equipment
- Engineer did not consider cost at first (we did not tell him to)
- Came up with $10,000 design
- Asked to design something simple for a few hundred $
- Final cost less than $200 (designed in a couple of hours)
- Using stock materiel and commercial parts