Now, several space startups see an opportunity to satisfy in-space manufacturing demand using compact space factories. One company is Varda Space Industries in Southern California. Varda Space Industries' first pharmaceutical manufacturing satellite and reentry vehicle attached to a Rocket Lab Photon bus. Years of research have shown that protein crystals grown in space are much higher quality than those grown on Earth. Across the Atlantic in Cardiff, Wales, Space Forge is working on designing its own in-space factory to manufacture next-generation semiconductors.

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Persons: Ilan Rozenkopf, Joe Biden, Varda, Asparouhov, we've, Andrew Parlock Organizations: pharma, McKinsey . Space, NASA, ISS, Varda Space Industries, Pfizer, Space Locations: vacuumless, Southern California, U.S, Cardiff , Wales, Space Forge's