Starfall: Elon's orbital drug lab plans Falcon 9 launches and Pacific splashdowns for better crystals
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-11-03
A forwarded thread describes Starfall, an orbital pharma venture: drug companies pack ingredients into a 10-foot capsule, a Falcon 9 carries it to orbit, drugs grow unattended in microgravity, and the capsule parachutes back into the Pacific.
The point of all this: drug crystals grow evenly in space instead of turning lumpy like on Earth. Keytruda's crystals were grown on the ISS, helping turn a 2-hour IV drip into a 1-minute shot, and some compounds may only be producible in orbit.
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