1 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:27,370 WITH BARTOLOMEO, WE CAN OFFER 12 PAYLOAD SLOTS AVAILABLE FOR ANY 2 00:00:27,370 --> 00:00:28,360 ORGANIZATION. 3 00:00:28,390 --> 00:00:33,105 BE IT A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, UNIVERSITY, OR A COMMERCIAL 4 00:00:33,435 --> 00:00:34,155 ENTITY. 5 00:00:34,185 --> 00:00:38,805 IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL ENHANCE THE, UH, CAPABILITIES TO 6 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:43,065 PERFORM EXTERNAL RESEARCH ON THE SPACE STATION, GIVING GREATER 7 00:00:43,065 --> 00:00:45,435 QUANTITIES OF PAYLOAD SLOTS. 8 00:00:45,525 --> 00:00:49,695 OUR NASA COLLEAGUES FROM THE ROBOTICS TEAM HAVE TOLD US THIS 9 00:00:49,695 --> 00:00:53,775 IS THE MOST COMPLEX, UH, EXPERIMENT PLATFORM THEY'VE EVER 10 00:00:53,775 --> 00:00:58,725 SEEN THE HANDLING OF THE DATA AND POWER IS DONE VIA THESE WHITE 11 00:00:58,825 --> 00:00:59,895 AVIONIC BOXES. 12 00:00:59,925 --> 00:01:04,065 ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE POWER FROM THE COLUMBUS AND 13 00:01:04,065 --> 00:01:07,275 DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PAYLOADS. 14 00:01:07,335 --> 00:01:11,115 THEY CAN BE CONTROLLED INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT EACH PAYLOAD 15 00:01:11,115 --> 00:01:12,645 HAS ITS OWN POWER SUPPLY. 16 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,560 SAME APPLIES FOR THE DATA HANDLING SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE 17 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:21,750 SECOND OF AVIONIC BOX WITH THE AVIONIC SYSTEM, WE ACQUIRE THE 18 00:01:21,750 --> 00:01:28,410 HOUSEKEEPING AND A PAYLOAD DATA FROM THE PAYLOAD SLOT AND SEND 19 00:01:28,410 --> 00:01:32,940 THEM VIA THE COLUMBUS TELEMETRIC SYSTEM, THE ISS TELEMETRY TO THE 20 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:33,419 GROUND. 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,359 IT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE COLUMBUS MODULE. 22 00:01:36,419 --> 00:01:39,989 IT HAS SOME OF THE BEST VIEWING CAPABILITIES ON THE STATION SO 23 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:42,740 YOU'RE OUT FRONT LEADING EDGE, RAM. 24 00:01:42,989 --> 00:01:44,759 IT'S IN THE SWEET SPOT. 25 00:01:46,050 --> 00:01:49,990 WE WANTED TO STUDY IF HEART SPECIFIC STEM CELL CALLED CARDIAC 26 00:01:50,039 --> 00:01:55,500 PROGENITORS CAN GROW FASTER IN SPACE, AND IF MORE OF THEM CAN 27 00:01:55,500 --> 00:02:00,419 TURN INTO A BEATING HEART MUSCLE CELLS KNOWN AS A CARDIOMYOCYTES. 28 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:04,470 SO THIS IS THE CARDIOMYOCYTES THAT WE GENERATED FROM STEM CELLS 29 00:02:04,470 --> 00:02:05,340 IN OUR LAB. 30 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:10,650 UH, THE STEM CELL CARDIOMYOCYTES HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO TREAT 31 00:02:10,650 --> 00:02:13,410 HEART DISEASE FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS. 32 00:02:13,859 --> 00:02:17,680 STEM CELL THERAPIES, UH, FOR REPAIRING OUR HEART, DAMAGED 33 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:22,170 HEART, ACTUALLY REQUIRES A LARGE NUMBER OF CARDIOMYOCYTES, AT 34 00:02:22,170 --> 00:02:24,690 LEAST ONE BILLION FOR EACH PATIENT. 35 00:02:25,590 --> 00:02:30,120 SO WE NEED TO DEVELOP A MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO PRODUCE THESE 36 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,460 CELLS THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE. 37 00:02:33,179 --> 00:02:37,980 WHEN WE COMBINE OUR 3D TISSUE ENGINEERING WITH SIMULATED 38 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:43,020 MICROGRAVITY WE SAW PROMISING STEPS TOWARDS REACHING THAT GOAL. 39 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:47,760 IN SENDING THE CELL TO SPACE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONFIRM OUR 40 00:02:47,950 --> 00:02:49,410 GROUND BASED OBSERVATION. 41 00:02:49,590 --> 00:02:52,320 SO INSIDE THIS BOX WE HAVE YOUR WHOLE LAB. 42 00:02:52,770 --> 00:02:54,480 WE HAVE YOUR SUPPLY MEDIA. 43 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:57,720 WE HAVE YOUR ALREADY USED MEDIA. 44 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,620 WE HAVE PUMPS, WE CAN DO INCUBATION, WE HAVE A MICROSCOPE, 45 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:03,600 AND FINALLY WE HAVE A CHAMBER THAT WE CAN GROW THE CELLS IN. 46 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,890 SO ALL THIS INTEGRATED, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A HAND SIZED PACKAGE IS 47 00:03:07,890 --> 00:03:09,720 WHAT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE BENCH TOP IN YOUR LAB. 48 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:11,490 WE'RE TRYING A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS ON THIS FLIGHT. 49 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:12,750 WE'RE BRINGING THESE BACK ALIVE. 50 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:15,900 WHILE WE'LL PRESERVE SOME OF THE CELLS ON STATION IS REALLY THOSE 51 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:18,720 LIVE CELLS AND RETURN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO 52 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,215 REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEY REACCLIMATE TO 1 G TO 53 00:03:22,215 --> 00:03:23,635 SAY, YOU KNOW, DID WE MULTIPLY THE CELLS? 54 00:03:23,655 --> 00:03:25,305 BUT DID WE MULTIPLY THEM THE RIGHT WAY? 55 00:03:25,815 --> 00:03:28,605 SO WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT IN A SHOWER, VIRTUALLY EVERY 56 00:03:28,635 --> 00:03:29,895 WILL SAY THEY WANT MORE PRESSURE. 57 00:03:30,525 --> 00:03:32,775 FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE PRESSURE IS ZERO. 58 00:03:32,775 --> 00:03:35,955 ONCE IT LEAVES THE PIPE, THERE IS NO PRESSURE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY 59 00:03:35,955 --> 00:03:39,675 FEELING IS THE MOMENTUM OF THE DROPS HITTING THEIR BODIES. 60 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:40,395 RIGHT. 61 00:03:40,695 --> 00:03:44,565 SO THE MASS, OR I'M SORRY, THE MOMENTUM IS THE MASS TIMES THE 62 00:03:44,565 --> 00:03:45,105 VELOCITY. 63 00:03:45,630 --> 00:03:47,880 SO IF YOU CAN MAKE THEM BIGGER AND MAKE THEM FASTER WHEN THEY 64 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,440 HIT YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT MORE. 65 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:55,000 SO OUR TESTING WE'VE DONE AND IMPROVE THAT WE CAN GET ABOUT, IT 66 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,640 FEELS LIKE THREE TIMES MORE WATER. 67 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,580 AND THEN ALSO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING IS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY COVERS AN 68 00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:02,260 AREA AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIKE A NEEDLE JET, WHICH IS JUST ONE 69 00:04:02,510 --> 00:04:04,650 LITTLE LINE OF WATER HITTING YOU. 70 00:04:04,830 --> 00:04:08,280 WE GET ABOUT A 90, 95% COVERAGE OF WATER ACTUALLY HITTING YOU 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,330 VERSUS A TYPICAL SHOWER HEAD WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE 44, 66 72 00:04:12,330 --> 00:04:14,340 NOZZLE JETS HITTING YOU IS ABOUT 25%. 73 00:04:14,775 --> 00:04:17,325 SO YOU GET BIGGER AREA AND THE DROPLETS ARE BIGGER. 74 00:04:17,565 --> 00:04:20,985 SO AS WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, HOW THAT 75 00:04:20,985 --> 00:04:25,755 ON A MICROGRAVITY WORKS, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH 76 00:04:25,815 --> 00:04:29,055 JUST A TWEAK OR DO THIS DIFFERENTLY, OR A DROPLET MIGHT 77 00:04:29,055 --> 00:04:30,284 BE CIRCULAR. 78 00:04:30,284 --> 00:04:34,455 NOW WE MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, OBLONG OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT WILL HELP 79 00:04:34,455 --> 00:04:39,705 US CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE LOWER FLOW RATE AND ALSO WITH THE 80 00:04:39,735 --> 00:04:40,725 CONSERVING WATER. 81 00:04:41,835 --> 00:04:46,335 WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO WAS TO WORK WITH THE NATIONAL LAB TO DEVELOP 82 00:04:46,335 --> 00:04:49,335 A PLATFORM THAT WOULD ALLOW SCIENTISTS, ALLOW US, BUT OTHER 83 00:04:49,335 --> 00:04:54,045 CHEMISTS, UH, TO, TO, UH, CARRY OUT CHEMICAL REACTIONS SAFELY 84 00:04:54,225 --> 00:04:57,225 AND, UH, AND EFFICIENTLY ON THE SPACE STATION. 85 00:04:57,435 --> 00:05:00,855 IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT KNOWN OR, UH, THERE'S 86 00:05:00,855 --> 00:05:05,179 NOT BEEN A LOT OF EXPLORATION OF HOW CHEMICAL REACTIONS BEHAVE IN 87 00:05:05,179 --> 00:05:05,919 MICROGRAVITY. 88 00:05:06,260 --> 00:05:09,199 IF I WANTED TO TAKE THE SYSTEM THAT I'VE BUILT IN MY LAB AND PUT 89 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:11,960 IT ON THE SPACE STATION, THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT BEHAVING THE 90 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,099 SAME IS VERY LOW. 91 00:05:13,369 --> 00:05:17,745 AND THE ENGINEERS AT SPACE TANGO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY 92 00:05:17,745 --> 00:05:21,975 TAKE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN THE LAB AND PUT THEM 93 00:05:21,975 --> 00:05:23,175 INTO A VERY SMALL BOX. 94 00:05:23,175 --> 00:05:25,785 AND THIS SYSTEM IS FAIRLY COMPLEX INSIDE. 95 00:05:25,785 --> 00:05:28,845 IT HAS A NUMBER OF BAGS, A LOT OF TUBING, A LOT OF PUMPS AND 96 00:05:28,845 --> 00:05:29,415 MANIFOLDS. 97 00:05:29,625 --> 00:05:32,565 WE CAN CONTROL THE SPEED OR THE RATE OF THE REACTION. 98 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:36,485 WE CAN CONTROL TEMPERATURE, WE CAN CONTROL TIME, WE CONTROL ALL 99 00:05:36,505 --> 00:05:37,695 THOSE SORT OF VARIABLES. 100 00:05:37,905 --> 00:05:41,595 AND WE CAN DO UP TO 18 DIFFERENT REACTIONS WITH UP TO 36 101 00:05:41,595 --> 00:05:45,165 COMBINATIONS OF REAGENTS AND START TO REALLY LOOK AT THE