Space missions will become longer. It will inevitably become impossible to pack every medication you need and take it from Earth. This means that we'll need a way to produce them in space. Which is the goal of the NIAC award developed by Dr Lynn Rothschild.
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https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Astropharmacy/
00:00 Intro
02:15 Printing medicine in space
17:17 Evolution VS Engineering in Biology
36:30 Risks involved
50:50 What's next for the NIAC grant
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