The Space Option Star Project Development

 

The Space Option Star is currently being developed in several phases with the following technical and funding milestones:

Project Development

• Phase 0: Current.  Space Option Star project definition, multi-media visualization, models and publications in various media. 
  
  
• Phase 1: 1 year. Technical definition and feasibility assessment.  Collaborations, cooperation and fundraising. Funding milestone: € 500,000 : 1 year
  
  
• Phase 2: 1-2 years. On-ground integrated demonstration of CRES (Chemically Rigidizable Expandable Structure) technologies as applied to the Space Option Star and development of a functional exhibition  object (5 to 8 meters dia.). Marketing and financial assessment together with public-private partnership implementation. Funding milestone: € 1 million: 1-2 years
  
  
• Phase 3:  2-3 years. Space deployment of small prototype Space Option Star flight demonstration. Funding milestone: : € 5,000,000
  
  
• Phase 4: 3-4 years.  In-orbit realization of a full-size Space Option Star with auxiliary spacecraft. Funding milestone: : € 30-50,000,000

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Time line of Project Updates

• The Space Option Star project introduced on the Space Option website October 24, 2013.
  
  
• Space Option Star project  added to the Greater.Earth website on June 20, 2016.
  
  
• New dedicated website for the Space Option Star deployed on August 15, 2016.
  
  
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions added on August 22, 2016.
  
  
• SOS - The Space Option Star: Addressing the Energy Dilemma
  Article submitted and approved for publication in Leonardo - The Journal for the Arts, Science and Technology May, 2020
  
  
• New Space Option Star Website launched: July, 2020
  
  
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  SOS - Space Option Star selected in ESA call for ideas:
  What's next? New space mission ideas and concepts
  December 22, 2020
  

 

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More information will be posted in the near future.