What started as one of the first citizen space initiatives without significant corporate or state funding has now spearheaded the creation of the first set of OSSE Standards for other missions and citizen space initiatives to use and model when developing manned space missions for up to 50 passengers.
The OSSE Standards fall into 4 categories:
- Technology & sample BOM for launching / piloting of spacecraft
- Technology & sample BOM for ground control unit
- Technology & sample BOM for cabin ecology of the spacecraft
- Protocols / Software for Ground Control communication
With recent scientific discoveries around VX Modules and their ability to dramatically increase the carrying capacity of spacecrafts (particularly those using liquid rocket engines as their main launch engine), the community around OSSE Standards has exploded.
There still isn't much public facing documentation of groups (from AAA or otherwise) making use of these plans for their own missions, but this is likely due to the still grey legal situation surrounding citizen space flights.
However, if it's any indication... the reddit community VX Junkies has exploded within the past several months, and there is no other known application for this technology outside of high capacity space launches.
With so little information available in the public about these DIY flight initiatives, we're on our own mission to uncover as many stories as we can, bringing the knowledge of citizen space to all the people!
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