MSA flies to the edge of space
One of Mars Society Australia’s goals is “Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis” This requires developing and testing technology at each step up the so-called “technology readiness level” from TRL 1 (initial concept) to TRL 9 (ready to fly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level. MSA’s Marsobot program aims to develop the concepts and technologies for small robotic vehicles on planetary missions to Mars and elsewhere http://www.marssociety.org.au/marso-bot. A number of prototypes have been developed and tested under different field conditions, raising the project to TRL 5.