Summary
- Space crystals have sparked controversy in recent years, and now they are the focus of a new generation of cancer-fighting treatments.
- Crystals grown in space are larger and more perfect than their terrestrial cousins and can be used in the development of new drugs.
- Sierra Space is set to send a 3D-printed module into orbit that could be the catalyst for more effective cancer therapies.
- If Sierra Space’s experimental aircraft, Dream Chaser, is successful, it could ultimately replace chemotherapy with injected drugs.
- CurrentSpace Shuttle flights cost 1.5bn,buttheriseofcompanieslikeSpaceXhasloweredthatto2,000 per kg.
- Sierra Space hopes to cement its place in the developing space economy with its reusable Dream Chaser craft.
- The current mission will test the craft’s ability to conduct a gentle landing, offloading cargo within an hour of landing.
- Success could spawn a new space economy that develops new drugs, semiconductors and fuel cells.
By Tim Stevens
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