How Microgravity Could Transform Pharmaceuticals

Описание: Space Minds host David Ariosto speaks with Will Bruey, CEO and co-founder of Varda Space Industries.

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Varda is pushing the boundaries of drug development by leveraging microgravity to create new formulations not possible on Earth, bringing them back through its own reentry vehicles.

In our conversation, Bruey explains why the economics of launch and manufacturing have finally made this business viable, how Varda’s “microgravity oven” could transform drug development, and why their technology also opens doors to hypersonic applications.

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Time Markers
00:00 - Episode introduction
00:27 - Welcome
00:44 - What does Varda do?
02:51 - A new ecosystem
04:03 - What can we produce in space?
05:52 - A viable market?
09:59 - Scaling up
13:08 - Hurdles
14:42 - Starship
17:18 - Dominoes falling
21:28 - Hypersonics
24:41 - 10 year cycle
25:59 - What's the origin story?
29:09 - Next steps

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