SOLARIS PEA FOUNDATION — EST. 2026 — PRE-SEED (LITERALLY)
A hollow sphere the diameter of the Sun, clad in real pea pods, self-illuminated and visible as a green sun from across the solar system. A 500-year project. We're starting now.
00 — PEA CONTRIBUTION
Contributing a pod is simple: name it. Every name resolves to one of the 5.2 × 10²² peas scheduled for the Green Sun. The same name will locate the same agricultural asset for the next 500 years.
SOLARIS PEA SURFACE REGISTRY
It is there. You cannot see it. Scale is not the same as insignificance.
01 — THE VISION
1.39 million kilometres in diameter. 5.2 × 10²² real pea pods on the exterior surface. A carbon composite structural shell weighing one-seventh of the Moon. Illuminated from within by a fusion core.
A hollow sphere matching the Sun's 1.3927-million-kilometre diameter, its 6.1 × 10¹⁸ m² exterior arranged as a living pod mosaic.
Parked near the Sun–Earth L4 or L5 point, it keeps a stable relationship to Earth and the Sun without continuous thrust.
An interior fusion core powers the structure and shines through its translucent shell, creating the characteristic green glow.
02 — THE KEY INSIGHT
A solid sphere would weigh 23% of the Sun and collapse into degenerate matter. A hollow shell weighs 0.0017 Earth masses. This transforms the project from impossible to ambitious.
03 — BUSINESS MODEL
We don't sell peas to Earth. We operate 259 million orbital farm habitats—the food supply for every worker in the outer solar system. Revenue comes from feeding our own supply chain.
Every human and robot in the outer solar system consumes our produce. A captive market with zero competition—we built the infrastructure.
Jupiter methane cracking produces carbon for the shell and hydrogen as a byproduct. The hydrogen is rocket fuel. We become the gas station of the solar system.
The most photographed object in the solar system. Naming rights on individual surface sectors generate revenue in perpetuity.
Peas are the rice of orbital civilization. Rice, notably, failed to secure the vertical.
04 — TIMELINE
Each phase overlaps with the next. The binding constraint is Phase 1—once self-replicating factories exist, everything else is a matter of patience.
YEAR 2026
05 — GOVERNANCE
A 500-year project needs governance that survives generational turnover, political shifts, and the temptation to cash out. The charter is the most important engineering decision.
Unanimous veto on mission amendments. Seats pass to designated successors and cannot be removed by shareholder vote.
Phase-specific experts elected every 20 years oversee engineering, construction, and operations.
51% CLASS A LOCK · 10:1 VOTING RATIO · DEAD HAND PROVISION · MISSION LOCK · UNLIMITED CLASS B ISSUANCE
YEAR 500 — IGNITION
“Every civilization is measured by what it builds. Let's build a sun.”
CLASS B SHARES — NOW OPEN
Contact the founders →FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 is silent on legumes. Our counsel considers this dispositive.
Peas fix their own nitrogen, photograph beautifully at 1 AU, and no competitor has secured the vertical. First-mover advantage compounds over 500 years.
Class B shares trade freely. We recommend estate planning; your great-great-great-grandchildren will thank you at the ignition ceremony.
Yes. Replacement cladding is priced into Phase 5 operating expenditure and creates a perpetual pod aftermarket, which investors should view as recurring revenue.
We are a Delaware-chartered foundation with hereditary board seats and an irrevocable 500-year mission lock. So, no—a cult would be easier to leave.
Email the founders. Minimum ticket: one (1) sincere belief that civilization should build beautiful things.
Maintenance, tourism, and the quiet satisfaction of owning the only green star in the sky. Dividends, we are told, compound.