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Congratulations! The cofounders were invited to a Stanford Ecorner lecture a year ago, worth to check: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=3053

Any idea or links on what the background of the founders is? How do you get trained in the kind of technology that a startup of this kind needs?

Their company page has bios of a bunch of the key people:

Lots of engineering degrees and experience at aerospace companies.

Get into the graduate program at Cornell or CMU.