WITH BARTOLOMEO, WE CAN OFFER 12 PAYLOAD SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR ANY
ORGANIZATION.
BE IT A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, UNIVERSITY, OR A COMMERCIAL
ENTITY.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL ENHANCE THE, UH, CAPABILITIES TO
PERFORM EXTERNAL RESEARCH ON THE SPACE STATION, GIVING GREATER
QUANTITIES OF PAYLOAD SLOTS.
OUR NASA COLLEAGUES FROM THE ROBOTICS TEAM HAVE TOLD US THIS
IS THE MOST COMPLEX, UH, EXPERIMENT PLATFORM THEY'VE EVER
SEEN THE HANDLING OF THE DATA AND POWER IS DONE VIA THESE WHITE
AVIONIC BOXES.
ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE POWER FROM THE COLUMBUS AND
DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAYLOADS.
THEY CAN BE CONTROLLED INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT EACH PAYLOAD
HAS ITS OWN POWER SUPPLY.
SAME APPLIES FOR THE DATA HANDLING SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE
SECOND OF AVIONIC BOX WITH THE AVIONIC SYSTEM, WE ACQUIRE THE
HOUSEKEEPING AND A PAYLOAD DATA FROM THE PAYLOAD SLOT AND SEND
THEM VIA THE COLUMBUS TELEMETRIC SYSTEM, THE ISS TELEMETRY TO THE
GROUND.
IT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE COLUMBUS MODULE.
IT HAS SOME OF THE BEST VIEWING CAPABILITIES ON THE STATION SO
YOU'RE OUT FRONT LEADING EDGE, RAM.
IT'S IN THE SWEET SPOT.
WE WANTED TO STUDY IF HEART SPECIFIC STEM CELL CALLED CARDIAC
PROGENITORS CAN GROW FASTER IN SPACE, AND IF MORE OF THEM CAN
TURN INTO A BEATING HEART MUSCLE CELLS KNOWN AS A CARDIOMYOCYTES.
SO THIS IS THE CARDIOMYOCYTES THAT WE GENERATED FROM STEM CELLS
IN OUR LAB.
UH, THE STEM CELL CARDIOMYOCYTES HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO TREAT
HEART DISEASE FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS.
STEM CELL THERAPIES, UH, FOR REPAIRING OUR HEART, DAMAGED
HEART, ACTUALLY REQUIRES A LARGE NUMBER OF CARDIOMYOCYTES, AT
LEAST ONE BILLION FOR EACH PATIENT.
SO WE NEED TO DEVELOP A MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO PRODUCE THESE
CELLS THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE.
WHEN WE COMBINE OUR 3D TISSUE ENGINEERING WITH SIMULATED
MICROGRAVITY WE SAW PROMISING STEPS TOWARDS REACHING THAT GOAL.
IN SENDING THE CELL TO SPACE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONFIRM OUR
GROUND BASED OBSERVATION.
SO INSIDE THIS BOX WE HAVE YOUR WHOLE LAB.
WE HAVE YOUR SUPPLY MEDIA.
WE HAVE YOUR ALREADY USED MEDIA.
WE HAVE PUMPS, WE CAN DO INCUBATION, WE HAVE A MICROSCOPE,
AND FINALLY WE HAVE A CHAMBER THAT WE CAN GROW THE CELLS IN.
SO ALL THIS INTEGRATED, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A HAND SIZED PACKAGE IS
WHAT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE BENCH TOP IN YOUR LAB.
WE'RE TRYING A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS ON THIS FLIGHT.
WE'RE BRINGING THESE BACK ALIVE.
WHILE WE'LL PRESERVE SOME OF THE CELLS ON STATION IS REALLY THOSE
LIVE CELLS AND RETURN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEY REACCLIMATE TO 1 G TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, DID WE MULTIPLY THE CELLS?
BUT DID WE MULTIPLY THEM THE RIGHT WAY?
SO WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT IN A SHOWER, VIRTUALLY EVERY
WILL SAY THEY WANT MORE PRESSURE.
FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE PRESSURE IS ZERO.
ONCE IT LEAVES THE PIPE, THERE IS NO PRESSURE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY
FEELING IS THE MOMENTUM OF THE DROPS HITTING THEIR BODIES.
RIGHT.
SO THE MASS, OR I'M SORRY, THE MOMENTUM IS THE MASS TIMES THE
VELOCITY.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE THEM BIGGER AND MAKE THEM FASTER WHEN THEY
HIT YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT MORE.
SO OUR TESTING WE'VE DONE AND IMPROVE THAT WE CAN GET ABOUT, IT
FEELS LIKE THREE TIMES MORE WATER.
AND THEN ALSO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY COVERS AN
AREA AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIKE A NEEDLE JET, WHICH IS JUST ONE
LITTLE LINE OF WATER HITTING YOU.
WE GET ABOUT A 90, 95% COVERAGE OF WATER ACTUALLY HITTING YOU
VERSUS A TYPICAL SHOWER HEAD WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE 44, 66
NOZZLE JETS HITTING YOU IS ABOUT 25%.
SO YOU GET BIGGER AREA AND THE DROPLETS ARE BIGGER.
SO AS WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, HOW THAT
ON A MICROGRAVITY WORKS, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH
JUST A TWEAK OR DO THIS DIFFERENTLY, OR A DROPLET MIGHT
BE CIRCULAR.
NOW WE MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, OBLONG OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT WILL HELP
US CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE LOWER FLOW RATE AND ALSO WITH THE
CONSERVING WATER.
WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO WAS TO WORK WITH THE NATIONAL LAB TO DEVELOP
A PLATFORM THAT WOULD ALLOW SCIENTISTS, ALLOW US, BUT OTHER
CHEMISTS, UH, TO, TO, UH, CARRY OUT CHEMICAL REACTIONS SAFELY
AND, UH, AND EFFICIENTLY ON THE SPACE STATION.
IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT KNOWN OR, UH, THERE'S
NOT BEEN A LOT OF EXPLORATION OF HOW CHEMICAL REACTIONS BEHAVE IN
MICROGRAVITY.
IF I WANTED TO TAKE THE SYSTEM THAT I'VE BUILT IN MY LAB AND PUT
IT ON THE SPACE STATION, THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT BEHAVING THE
SAME IS VERY LOW.
AND THE ENGINEERS AT SPACE TANGO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY
TAKE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN THE LAB AND PUT THEM
INTO A VERY SMALL BOX.
AND THIS SYSTEM IS FAIRLY COMPLEX INSIDE.
IT HAS A NUMBER OF BAGS, A LOT OF TUBING, A LOT OF PUMPS AND
MANIFOLDS.
WE CAN CONTROL THE SPEED OR THE RATE OF THE REACTION.
WE CAN CONTROL TEMPERATURE, WE CAN CONTROL TIME, WE CONTROL ALL
THOSE SORT OF VARIABLES.
AND WE CAN DO UP TO 18 DIFFERENT REACTIONS WITH UP TO 36
COMBINATIONS OF REAGENTS AND START TO REALLY LOOK AT THE
EFFECT OF MICROGRAVITY ON VARIOUS TYPES OF REACTIONS.