The mission of Einstein I is to place an extremely low cost surveillance unit 500-3000 feet above ground zero, to receive data from the unit during ascent and descent, and to provide a wireless data signal feed to a laptop using in-house software. This feed will consist of heat signatures, video surveillance, and other properties. The long range goal of the Einstein project is to engineer a scalable, economical solution for difficult, costly border surveillance systems. The final solution shall provide a multiple stage payload system intended to provide large scale

The initial Einstein I payload system shall cost no more than $100 in raw materials (priced at average retail price). The initial altitude requirement (500-3000 feet) will be considered different configurations of the Einstein project (ie. Einstein I-A, I-B, I-C). Once the initial flight test of the payload system has been performed, the system integration planning/analysis will begin and the three configurations will be determined. The initially intended measurements of interest are speed, altitude, and time. However, these three measurements will be used to provide a general schema for Einstein II.

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