Macro technical photograph of a 5-axis CNC-machined titanium satellite attitude control cold-gas manifold with laser-engraved serial telemetry marks, mounted on a dark granite surface plate under cold white cleanroom lighting.
Macro technical photograph of a 5-axis CNC-machined titanium satellite attitude control cold-gas manifold with laser-engraved serial telemetry marks, mounted on a dark granite surface plate under cold white cleanroom lighting.
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OPEN-SOURCE SPACE HARDWARE

The designs are free. The builders shouldn't be.

AOSSI will publish its space hardware designs for anyone to use. The people who build them will get a share of the revenue for the life of the product line.

Space hardware is expensive for reasons that aren’t physics.

Designs are proprietary, so every program re-engineers parts someone already solved. Contractors are often paid for effort, not results. Skilled machinists, mechanics and independent engineers have no way in. Open-source hardware projects rarely have a business model, so the best builders can’t afford to work on them.

Open by default

A share for the life of the line

No equity sold

Designs, CAD, software, data and documentation will be published openly. Anyone can use them, including commercially.

Builders will be independent contractors. They will earn a net-revenue share for the life of the product line. Later contributors will never dilute earlier shares.

No investors to answer to. AOSSI will compete on execution, quality and its name. Not on patents.

THE LINUX OF SPACE: MODULAR STANDARDS. NEW CAPABILITIES. OLD PARTS STILL FIT.

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Durable

Repairable

Modular

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Backwards Compatible

Scalable

Non-Exotic

Every AOSSI design is judged in this order.

Studio photograph of a 3U CubeSat aluminum test chassis fitted with transparent polycarbonate fluid containment cells and silicon heating traces, photographed on an anodized black optical breadboard.
Studio photograph of a 3U CubeSat aluminum test chassis fitted with transparent polycarbonate fluid containment cells and silicon heating traces, photographed on an anodized black optical breadboard.

Proposed first experiment: test water as shielding.

An open-source CubeSat that would measure radiation dose behind a water jacket and behind aluminum, side by side. AOSSI habitat design assumes water tanks double as shielding. This experiment would test that assumption.

Status: proposed, not started.

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No degree? Fine. acme.academy is planned to issue certificates of understanding that qualify you to work on AOSSI projects.

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