Design
The station model was principally designed by Herman Zimmerman and Rick Sternbach. Ricardo Delgado, Joseph Hodges, Nathan Crowley, Jim Martin, Rob Legato, Gary Hutzel, Michael Okuda, and executive producer Rick Berman also contributed to the design. The miniature was fabricated by Tony Meininger.
At a 2006 auction held by the New York branch of Christie's of London, the original 6' diameter "hero model" of Deep Space 9 went for USD$110,000.
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