Aerospace Rocketry Control by JP Aerospace This Project was submitted to Parallax by John Powell of JP Aerospace Davis, California private aerospace company JP Aerospace "America's other space program" uses six BASIC Stamp® microcontrollers in their rocket to control altimeters, GPS, and radio modems. The picture above from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada shows a ground-level test launch and preparations to float a launch pad to 100,000 feet (to launch the rocket from a higher elevation and achieve 80 miles above sea level).