The Download: making drugs in orbit and NASA’s nuclear-powered spacecraft

Short summary

Varda Space Industries is commercializing pharmaceutical manufacturing in orbit, betting that microgravity produces superior drug compounds. NASA simultaneously develops nuclear-powered spacecraft for long-duration deep space missions, signaling major shifts in space economy viability.

• •Varda Space Industries scaling commercial drug manufacturing in space
• •NASA advancing nuclear propulsion for extended deep space missions
• •Growing commercial viability of space-based industrial operations

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