Accelerating The Citizen Era Of Space Exploration

A ‘space agency’ dedicated to unlocking the talent and insight of citizen space explorers and engineers.

OSA is championing a growing community of ‘astropreneurs’ who believe that the technology, skills and industrial base to meaningfully contribute to space exploration are now within the reach of small teams of passionate individuals.

Fifty years ago space exploration was the domain of governments. With no off-the-shelf technology or experience, everything had to be invented from scratch at substantial risk.

After the end of the ‘Space Race’ the charge skyward was taken up by commercial entities who were able to re-purpose proven cold war technologies and profit from the telecommunications boom.

Recently things have changed again. We’re now seeing the emergence of platform technologies such as cube sats, additive manufacturing and low-cost micro controllers that are further driving down the cost of space exploration, allowing a much broader range of contributors to help support our species to become a space-faring civilization.