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with every day on orbit the

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international space station changes the

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way the commercial sector thinks about

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doing business in space

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after the designation of the iss

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national laboratory

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we saw the emergence of small startup

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companies commercial entities that were

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making a business

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out of doing research and technology

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development on the space station

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the space station needs supplies

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delivered so nasa encouraged private

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companies to look into the space

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freighter business

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the key precursor was the completion of

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the space station to have a destination

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in space

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that

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where it made sense to apply competitive

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commercial activity

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if you know that you've got a contract

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that could last for years

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and the program such as the iss will

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actually benefit from it it motivates

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both sides to put a lot into it and make

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sure it's successful

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being in orbit 250 miles above the earth

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the station is a launching pad for small

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satellites

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if we didn't have access to the

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international space station we wouldn't

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have nearly as frequent access to space

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and that would have set back our ability

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to rapidly iterate our technology and

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now today we're able to operate the

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largest fleet of earth imaging

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satellites in human history

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the weightless environment is ideal for

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laboratory science that can't be done on

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earth

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the international space station offers

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researchers like me an opportunity to

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find the key variables to crystal growth

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and these crystalline suspensions have

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applications such as manufacturing drug

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delivery we're looking at a new molecule

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that has some very interesting

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properties in muscle wasting and it

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counters muscle wasting diseases

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and with the station as a commercial

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destination there is a business to run

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arranging the transportation

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we've flown over 200 experiments to the

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space station everything from plant

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growth to

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silver plating to slime molds growing in

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space

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powering private expansion into the

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cosmos and enabling future deep space

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exploration

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fostering international cooperation