WINE IS A LUXURY PRODUCT. WE CAN USE IT TO FUND SPACE RESEARCH TOO.
"The wine is research. The wine is also a lure."
"That’s because the venture has a most unusual funding plan. Call it the Medici model: The research will be paid for in part by a luxury goods partnership that will deliver a customized chest full of objects flown to space to ultra-wealthy sponsors, called patrons, who back the project. The highlight of that chest will be a bottle of the wine. The idea is that this would be an artistic collector’s item unlike any other."
"After all, wealthy space enthusiasts from James Lick to Elon Muskhave paid out of their own pockets to develop technology that satisfies their egos and delivers scientific data for the broader knowledge of humankind. The promise of the current generation of big-spending rocket entrepreneurs is that their vehicles will make it cheaper to do business in space. For that to pay off, companies like Space Cargo Unlimited and its competitors need to prove they can earn money there. So far, only five patrons are in talks with Gaume and company, so if you’re interested, there are spots remaining—and participation starts at seven figures."
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I If the push to make space a place for business as usual—a world of venture capital, return on investment, profitability—hasn’t yet arrived, but perhaps this is what the transition looks like.
WHY AGE WINE IN SPACE?
The Affect of Micro Gravity beginning at Low Earth Orbit is what Draws in Wine Connoisseurs and Vini/Viticulture Specialists alike. Gravity has shaped life on earth. Gravity is one of the only parameters of life that has not drastically evolved through time, as opposed to conditions such as light, humidity, temperature and pressure. Gravity has shaped evolution, life and matter as we know it today.
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To counteract gravity, living organisms developed systems to provide cell system rigidity, fluid flow regulation, and appropriate structural support for locomotion.
Ecperiments in the last 10 years on the International Space Station suggest Gravity influences the way cells behave and develop in a profound and subtle manner.
In low Earth Orbit, cells exposed to zero gravity (micro gravity) are affected by physical changes that occur in this unique environment, that is impossible to re create on earth. these changes include loss of gravity dependent convection, negligible hydro dynamic shear, increase of membrane fluidity, and lack of sedimentation.
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This leads to significant in the ways that cells respond to a wide variety of environmental and internal biophysical stresses. Enzmatic, genetic, and epigenetic pathways change in concert, leading to modifications of shape, function and behavior of cells and tissues.
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These dynamics, properly leveraged on matter from Earth, can provide significant developments, in the fields of agriculture and health care here on earth.
WHY AGE WINE IN SPACE?
The Affect of Micro Gravity beginning at Low Earth Orbit is what Draws in Wine Connoisseurs and Vini/Viticulture Specialists alike. Gravity has shaped life on earth. Gravity is one of the only parameters of life that has not drastically evolved through time, as opposed to conditions such as light, humidity, temperature and pressure. Gravity has shaped evolution, life and matter as we know it today.
​
To counteract gravity, living organisms developed systems to provide cell system rigidity, fluid flow regulation, and appropriate structural support for locomotion.
Ecperiments in the last 10 years on the International Space Station suggest Gravity influences the way cells behave and develop in a profound and subtle manner.
In low Earth Orbit, cells exposed to zero gravity (micro gravity) are affected by physical changes that occur in this unique environment, that is impossible to re create on earth. these changes include loss of gravity dependent convection, negligible hydro dynamic shear, increase of membrane fluidity, and lack of sedimentation.
​
This leads to significant in the ways that cells respond to a wide variety of environmental and internal biophysical stresses. Enzmatic, genetic, and epigenetic pathways change in concert, leading to modifications of shape, function and behavior of cells and tissues.
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These dynamics, properly leveraged on matter from Earth, can provide significant developments, in the fields of agriculture and health care here on earth.