Designing Software Systems that Make Missions Succeed
+
years of exploring the universe.
Innovation. Performance. Reliability.
We build software systems that reduce space mission risk, accelerate time-to-science, and increase scientific return on investment.
- Our Approach to Software Design
Powering critical data workflows while honoring human systems
Research & Design
Our research scientists become extensions of your team and uncover insights to ensure the end-result works for your data and team.
Project Management
Formulating a holistic system that accounts for real-time decision making and instills confidence is critical to your mission’s success.
Software Development
We blend expert software development, the sociology of an organization, and complex data sets into tools you can deploy and trust.
Proudly Partnering With Industry Leaders to Scale Science
- About Million Concepts
Data & System Architecture As An Uncompromising Art Form
Software is the most effective but underused tool to reduce mission risk and increase return on investment.
Proven Reliability
We maintain strict quality control at every production stage, ensuring consistent output for clients across each stage in the process.
Expert Engineering
Our experienced team combines decades of experience and technical expertise to deliver precise, high-performance solutions.
Intentional Turnaround
Optimized workflows enable us to meet tight deadlines without compromising quality or accuracy.
“Million Concepts is a team with deep domain expertise capable of addressing any complex data-intensive challenges and designing technical solutions that are closely aligned with client objectives and resilient in production. Just as important, they execute with a high standard of collaboration, transparency, and professionalism, which is why they remain our preferred partner in the data consulting space.”
--Inessa Pawson, OpenTeams
- Repositories
Software Solutions for All Your Data Needs
Planetary Data Reader (PDR): Unlocking the Planetary Data System
A single function to read all Planetary Data System (PDS) data into Python. Developed as part of a NASA research grant, this application reads nearly all products archived by the Planetary Data System.
gPhoton2: Transforming Time-Domain Astronomy
The working repository for gPhoton v2 development. The original gPhoton project transformed time-domain astronomy by serving as the world’s first real-time analysis frontend for a >100 TB archive of astronomical events.
hostess: Streamlined Cloud Connectivity
A collection of utilities that provide lightweight, Pythonic interfaces to cloud and networked resources. This tool supports our disciplined approach to building resilient, accountable systems that power critical data workflow
lhorizon: Navigating the Solar System
Quickly locate objects across the Solar System with powerful, trustworthy software that allows your team to focus on advancing space exploration without limits.
Archive Spectra Data Files (asdf): Mastering Multispectral Science
A marslab project for handling archive spectra data files. This repository reflects our deep expertise in multispectral data, which has enormously improved the reproducibility and quality of planetary multispectral science.
Software Project Management: Keeping Missions in Control
Original documents on topics related to software project management. Sharing our internal documentation highlights our commitment to accounting for the realities of human decision-making and avoiding the costly risks of duct-taped software systems.