Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

[Admin]

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

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[Torbjorn Larsson]

So the ISS will work as an optional build dock. It still makes sense, even more so since the PPTM will hold science racks. Space research has become hotter now that the first potential biological benefits (I know of) show up. The exceptional* brain can be made into research enabling organoids that under space conditions better mimic brain conditions:

The space-faring organoids had a greater expression of genes associated with cell maturation, but fewer associated with cell proliferation than the Earth-based ones – revealing that the organoid cells replicated more slowly in space, but matured faster.

Another interesting discovery was that the organoids that flew in space expressed fewer genes associated with stress and displayed less inflammation than the researchers expected based on comparisons with Earth-based organoids. This could be because microgravity is closer to conditions inside the human skull than sitting in a vial in Earth gravity conditions.

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