OSIP Highlights January–June 2022

What do high-power lasers, new 'supermirrors', and a virtual reality mission control room have in common? They can all be found among the topics of the 93 research and development activities funded by ESA's Discovery element between January and June 2022.

ESA set up the Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP) to discover and invest in new unconventional ideas that could greatly benefit and advance European space industry and academia.

In this article the minds behind six of the projects funded between January and June 2022 tell us about their projects, motivations and goals, as well as the ways in which ESA Discovery funding is helping them take their activity to the next level.