With new incentives for human space exploration, biotechnological experiments in orbit became imperative. Answering this need, we build an autonomous, modular, and scalable platform that enables those experiments on rockets. We called it AMBER. The aim of the payload of the R6 suborbital rocket is to perform an experiment to study the influence of rocket flights on biofilm, molecular biology enzymes and biosynthesis using our platform. For this purpose, we use the interdisciplinary character of our team to ensure full integrity, reliability, and operational efficiency. The experiment carried out during the Spaceport America Cup competition constitutes the first stage of our team’s three-stage programme of astrobiotechnological experiments, which scientific value was confirmed by a letter of recommendation from the scientist working for NASA Ames Research Center. Two 96 well plates, as operational sectors, were subjected to the same effects of G-force, rocket launch velocity, temperature, pressure and vibration profile. In the experiment, we used 3D printed elements, Peltier cells, GPS, and sensors measuring vibrations, temperature, pressure and G-force. These instruments enable exact characterisation conditions experienced by biological samples.
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- Category
- Aktywność konferencyjna
- Type
- publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2022
