Why to launch something to orbit? Especially with expensive missions that can cause harm to astronauts? One of many reasons is for biomedical research that is unable to be accomplished on Earth.
Thanks for the article. It could be cool if you could do another article with a deep dive into specific projects and startups operating in the sector:)
Thanks for the interesting information! I would add another interesting fact – bacterial and viral infections function somewhat differently from microgravity than on Earth. In particular, bacteria do not form biofilms (or do it differently), which leads to a non-standard course of the disease and quite often to the ineffectiveness of existing drugs against them in space. This creates some difficulties for long missions
Thanks for the fact. Suppose we develop a technology to treat those deceases in micro gravity. How effective could it be on the Earth? Are there any other useful cases for this technology?
Thanks for the article. It could be cool if you could do another article with a deep dive into specific projects and startups operating in the sector:)
Thanks for the interesting information! I would add another interesting fact – bacterial and viral infections function somewhat differently from microgravity than on Earth. In particular, bacteria do not form biofilms (or do it differently), which leads to a non-standard course of the disease and quite often to the ineffectiveness of existing drugs against them in space. This creates some difficulties for long missions
Thanks for the fact. Suppose we develop a technology to treat those deceases in micro gravity. How effective could it be on the Earth? Are there any other useful cases for this technology?
I can recommend two useful articles on this topic:
1. Biofilms—Impacts on Human Health and Its Relevance to Space Travel (https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/7/998)
2. Mitigation and use of biofilms in space for the benefit of human space exploration (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207522000363)
As in the case of crystal formation in microgravity, I think that the application of this phenomenon is not long to wait :)
Thank you - it is indeed interesting