[NIAC 2023] On-Demand Pharmacy for Space Missions

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. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday More about the NIAC award: 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 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/jvHEKqrdP9k 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast