Subject: Letter of Recommendation for Mathew Hart

From: Jeff Fox, Orion Crew Systems nte!ration, "e#uty Mana!er

"ear Sir$Mam,

%his &etter of recommendation describes some of the wor' Mathew Hart has done for the Orion
(roject and the )C*S nno+ation ,an, He&ico#ter, Ro+er - .nmanned Micro!ra+ity )ircraft/

Mat0s wor' re#resents a hi!h&y di+erse set of s'i&&s that was used to com#&ete a wide ran!e of
tas's on these #rojects/ Some of these exam#&es inc&ude the creation, insta&&ation, wirin!,
chec'out and o#eration of a carbon fiber sensor #a&&et mounted to the )C*S e&ectric he&ico#ter
incor#oratin! 1 co&or +ideo cameras and their transmitters, 2(S, a #ay&oad re&ease mechanism,
o#tiona& b&ac' - white +ideo camera sub3#a&&et as we&& as an H"4565 - sti&& #hoto di!ita& camera
ca#abi&ity with tri!!er mechanism restin! u#on a #an$ti&t sub3#a&&et/ Mat0s desi!n a&&ows the
he&ico#ter to transmit +ideo - data as needed to su##ortin! )C*S he&ico#ter - ro+er o#erations
testin! day and ni!ht/ He a&so researched, insta&&ed and tested a robotic arm for the )C*S ro+er/

Mat a&so created a Mat&ab software too& and in conjunction with the )C*S he&ico#ter used it to
aid the Mor#heus #roject in testin! their f&i!ht ran!e &imits at the RC fie&d in #re#aration for un3
tethered f&i!hts/

He #ossesses extensi+e sma&& .), ex#erience ha+in! com#eted in se+era& com#etitions whi&e in
schoo&/ He was the reci#ient of a center nno+ation award and wor'ed with me and se+era&
other di+erse !rou#s from the JSC RC C&ub, crew office and Reduced Micro!ra+ity Office to bui&d
a 7 ft win!s#an 8.nmanned Micro!ra+ity F&i!ht (&atform9 RC aircraft whose #ur#ose is to test
the feasibi&ity of 4534: seconds of sustained ;ero, &unar - Mars &ow3! en+ironments/ He
en!a!ed 'ey fo&'s to research a suitab&e f&i!ht #&atform for a shoebox si;ed #ay&oad of :345 &bs,
se&ected the !as turbine en!ine, e&ectronics, wirin!, ser+os and other #arts necessary to
com#&ete the aircraft/ He a&so or!ani;ed, bui&t and tested much of the #&atform himse&f/

Most recent&y, he finished wor' on a sensor !eneratin! a&titude, #osition and headin! that is fed
to an )C*S $ C< Ra#id (rototy#in! Lab de+e&o#ed software too& to aid the manned +ideo chase
he&ico#ter crew in identifyin! ha;ardous debris ;ones !enerated by the Orion C()S #roject
chute testin! at the =uma )rmy (ro+in! 2rounds/ %his in+o&+ed the se&ection of a &ow cost, o#en
source too& with the com#atibi&ity, accuracy and u#date rate necessary to #roduce a +a&id
so&ution/

)nother of Mat0s uni>ue s'i&&s is the co&&ection and editin! of +ideo to !enerate mo+ies and
","0s to re#ort #roject status and (R/

?ot on&y was he ab&e to stay fu&&y committed to his fu&& time job of bein! a certified robotics
f&i!ht contro&&er conductin! o#erations on the Shutt&e - SS +ehic&es, but e>ua&&y im#ressi+e is
the fact that Mat wi&&in!&y wor'ed simu&taneous&y under many +ery ti!ht dead&ines often
re>uirin! si!nificant after hours and +o&unteer wor' to meet the needs of these #rojects/ He
#ossesses a !reat #assion and exce#tiona& s'i&& for this ty#e of wor'/

=ou can !i+e Mat a tas' with a wide ran!e of software, e&ectronic and mechanica& re>uirements
and rest assured the tas' wi&& !et done in a +ery efficient way with minima& o+ersi!ht/ ha+e
wor'ed on a wide ran!e of #rojects from Shutt&e to @3A6 and now Orion and ne+er ha+e met an
en!ineer better ab&e to thin' outside the box, create new ways of doin! business and do what it
ta'es to !et the job done/ Mat wi&& ma'e a !reat asset to any or!ani;ation fortunate enou!h to
em#&oy him/

(&ease fee& free to contact me for any further information/

Sincere&y,

Jeff
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