Australia’s rocket industry reaches a crucial inflection point
Local space entrepreneurs are attempting to take a slice of SpaceX’s business, as demand for launch services far outweighs supply.
Varda Space Industries had a problem. The Californian start-up wanted to manufacture drugs in space – there was money to be made from pharmaceutical firms that wanted to process medication in microgravity.
It had a partner to get it up there – Elon Musk’s SpaceX – but it was not easy finding a place for its capsules to land. Utah had been the plan, but after eight months, permission to drop into the desert was not forthcoming.
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