Launching the world’s first space factory in Earth orbit

A California startup plans to start producing materials in Earth’s orbit for the first time.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, Varda Food Industries is the name of a startup that plans to operate the production of medicine in space. The founder of this company is an old employee of SpaceX, and now he has put his own satellite into orbit.

In the factory built by this company in Orbit, only materials will be produced that either cannot be produced on earth or their development is done faster and better in the conditions of micro-examination. According to the company’s announcement on Twitter, which was published after the launch of its satellite by SpaceX, the solar panels of their factory are now open after receiving the first solar energy.

The founder of this company is Will Berry, who was formerly an engineer at SpaceX. The launch of this company’s satellite is also considered a part of this company’s activity, which was done to test the solution for drug development in space.

On its website, Varda said about its plans: the production of strong optical fiber cables, new and life-saving drugs will all be part of the company’s production in space, which can only be produced there.

The goal of this company, for which scientific research has also been conducted, shows that protein crystals can grow in space. Form a higher quality structure than the structures on the ground. Because Earth’s gravity is effective in this work.