Helios Starshade w/t ISAM concepts

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A starshade design utilising an umbrella opening approach. This design also features ways in which In Space Assembly and Manufacture (ISAM) can be carried out using the same concept. Hollow truss elements allow for a much reduced weight whilst maintaining a rigid framework for the petals. I have no experience in stress analysis and my computer and its software also could not run the simple analysis that I set up hence further structural analysis should be done to theoretically confirm the rigid framework of the star shade.Please take a look at the PDF as it gives a lot more information on the whole system as well as of In Space Assembly.Thanks!