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From fruit flies to Boy Scouts: A brief history of science in space
The first living organisms sent into space — some bacteria and the humble fruit fly – returned from their trip to little fanfare and under less than comfortable circumstances. Instead of a relatively...
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Why automation in space is a critical investment
Stem cells are a critical tool in the scientist’s toolbox. Stem cell therapies have been developed for a range of applications, from growing new heart muscle cells and replacing those damaged during a...
View ArticleInternational Space Station tests a new approach to fight the growing threat...
Antibiotic resistance is a growing global crisis. The World Health Organization found that “antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world” and the Center for...
View ArticleBetaSpace Webinar Series: “A five-year plan to settle the solar system: Using...
I’m excited to announce that NASA’s Chris McKay will join us for the first BetaSpace webcast next Tuesday, May 7 at noon Pacific. This is going to be an informal discussion between Chris and me titled...
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Microgravity: biomedicine’s next frontier
The space-lab is busy with activity. In one corner, a liquid handling robot methodically transfers solutions from one plate to another. In a different section, a plate reader measures enzyme activity...
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How biomanufacturing can make living on Mars a reality
The wheels are in motion to send the first humans to Mars. For many, the first image that calls to mind may be of a spaceship touching down in a vast, red desert. But arriving on Mars is only half the...
View ArticleBetter than Disneyland: Why Duane Clark believes space habitation is...
As a young boy, Duane Clark thought NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California was much better than its near neighbor, Disneyland. And like most people of his generation, Clark...
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Five companies building the tools and tech for humans to thrive off-planet
This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most pivotal moments in human history. Stepping onto the moon, Neil Armstrong in 1969 uttered those now infamous words: “That’s one small step for...
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5 Reasons Jeff Bezos Should Bet Big On Synthetic Biology
The richest man on earth is trying to get off it. In a recent interview with CNBC news, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos warned that humans are “in the process of destroying this planet.” We have to go to space,...
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Settling Space Requires New Ways of Thinking
Throughout our history, humans have looked up to the stars and dreamed. Dreamed of gods, of other worlds, of other forms of life. Today, we are still dreaming. Engineers, biologists, astrophysicists...
View ArticleThe New Space Race: Meet The Investors Building A New Space Settlement Industry
Fifty years have passed since Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. That feat, and many other space milestones over the past half-century, were carried out by huge government projects, the US and...
View ArticleNASA Is Quietly Funding This Project To Understand How Synthetic Biology Can...
Revolutionary food production and closed-loop biomanufacturing could transform human space travel and address the growing food crisis on Earth. Space tourism, once the domain of science fiction...
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Food From Thin Air: The Forgotten Space Tech That Could Feed Planet Earth
Forgotten for half a century, a microbial recipe for sustaining astronauts on long space missions might not only feed hundreds of millions of hungry people on Earth, but also hold the key to a truly...
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GrowCab Selected as Winner in the TFF x Beta.Space “Space Colonisation” Prize
Alterratech (Australia) and Re Rustica Spatium (India) earn Special Mentions Basel, Switzerland, 30 March 2020 – Thought For Food (TFF) and Beta.Space announce that GrowCab has been selected as the...
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