Space Business Podcast

Space Business Podcast #97 - Space Biotech #1 - Ken Savin, Redwire Space

Apr 13, 2023

01:02:18

Space Biotech - this is the first episode in a new sub-series of episodes just on this topic. Ken Savin is the Chief Scientific Officer of Redwire, the American space holding company. Before that, he worked at the U.S. National Lab and for a long time in the pharma industry.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:27 Ken's Background

3:52 Use cases

6:59 Human tissue in space

10:00 Pre-clinical pharma testing and regenerative medicine

11:38 Crystal production in space

16:30 Mass production in space

20:07 Awareness of space in the biotech industry

23:50 Bridging two different sectors

34:37 Starship