Space factories are the tools that would make a revolution to drug development and nanotechnology. The system would use remote-control laboratories. And if something goes wrong. Those laboratories could be driven to the sun. Spaceborne small-size biological laboratories can research unknown bacteria and viruses. The zero-gravitational conditions are suitable to create complicated molecules. Those things can use in drug development and nanotechnology. The problem with this technology has been the orbital launch's high price.
The space factory is a space capsule with an unmanned, remotely controlled laboratory and production unit. Maybe, a very small-size production system can make it possible to benefit microgravity for producing very complicated molecules. The unmanned orbital production units can also make it possible to create new types of nanomachines and things like drugs. When the production unit made its duty, it will return to the atmosphere and on Earth.
Those AI- and remote-controlled laboratories can install in special capsules or small-size space shuttles. The production unit has remotely controlled manipulators and microscopes. And those systems can adjust the gas mixture, the operating environment's chemical and physiological environment, along with gas pressure. The large rockets allow the shooting of multiple small-size production units to the orbiter. And that makes the costs lower.
In some visions, the first samples from Mars, Ceres, or Jupiter's icy moons are transported to a remote-controlled moon base. Or orbital laboratory, and that denies the pollution of that material. The thing is that remote-control orbital laboratories can also use to test highly infectious and dangerous viruses. And if there is some kind of problems, that unmanned laboratory can drive to the sun. That thing immediately destroys those extremely dangerous organisms. In that case, those laboratories should be so far away from Earth that they are not falling back to Earth with their dangerous cargo.
The new launching systems like space towers are the tools that can make the space industry one of the most effective production methods.
But making mass production of drugs on the orbital trajectory requires a very high number of launches. And that is the reason why companies are searching for replacers for rockets. Things like miniature rockets that will rise to the edge of the atmosphere by using hydrogen balloons are the most conventional of those systems. The mylar balloon, which rises small rocket to the atmosphere's edge will decrease the launch costs. Also, centrifugal launchers that spin the capsule to a very high speed before launch are interesting.
But other impressive things are the space towers. The idea of the space tower is that the air statue will keep that structure up. That air statue could be between the space tower's outer and inner walls. Then there is a hatch at the top of the tower. And then the air pressure pushes the rocket through that tower.
Things like magnetic accelerators can give extra speed to that space rocket. Or there is the small space elevator connected to that structure. The space tower is a lightweight version of the original space elevator. In the original space elevator, centrifugal forces pushed the craft through the mast. That is connected with the asteroid in the geostationary orbiter. In space towers, the mast is just outside the atmosphere.
In some other versions, the space tower could connect with a centrifugal launcher. The system pulls the capsule to a certain altitude. And then it starts to spin the wire where the payload is connected. And then the computer releases the hook just at the right point.
The structure of that space tower could be like a telescoping baton. First, the quadcopters or hydrogen balloons will pull the space tower to enough high altitude. And then the compressed air pushes that structure up. Then if those operators want to lay that space tower on the ground they just remove the air statue from the structure.
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