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The has serious "Andromeda Strain" vibes, to be honest. On the one hand: space factories, yay! On the other hand: major contamination event, ahoy! Hard to sa
by boffinAudio 3y ago
The has serious "Andromeda Strain" vibes, to be honest. On the one hand: space factories, yay! On the other hand: major contamination event, ahoy!
Hard to say which path I support, really. I mean, I love the idea of manufacturing things in space - I wish we'd do more of it. I guess we really just need a safe place to land things .. and I say this as someone who stayed up late to watch the Genesis capsule recovery, and was sadly disappointed yet somehow still delighted at the conclusion of that mission ..
An intriguing conundrum for the future to solve.
- downrightmike 3y agoI mean, no matter how hard anyone tries, there will be a few bacteria that get on a spacecraft. The major contamination shouldn't happen in space. It is however happening in the generic drug market, that's the reason a lot of cancer drugs are hard or impossible to find now.