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Scientific Highlights from the International Space Station ................................................................. 43
Physiological Systems ............................................................................................................................ 43
Biology and Biomedicine ........................................................................................................................ 45
Plant Biology and Bioregenerative Life Support ..................................................................................... 46
Radiation ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Materials, Fluids and Combustion .......................................................................................................... 47
Elucidation of Space and Observations of Earth .................................................................................... 49
In Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 51
References Cited ................................................................................................................................... 52
Economic Development of Space 57

Growing the Space Economy with Public-Private Partnerships ....................................................... 59
Enabling Commercial Launch Providers .................................................................................................. 59
Finding the Keys in Space to Treat Diseases on Earth ............................................................................. 61
Managing the International Space Station National Lab .......................................................................... 62
Piloting a New Procurement Paradigm .................................................................................................... 63
A New Approach to Radiation Hardening Computers ............................................................................. 64
Commercial Research, Facilities and Service Providers ................................................................... 65
Commercial Partners Expanding International Space Station Research Capabilities ............................... 65
Research in a Box .................................................................................................................................. 67
Made In Space—Building a Better Optical Fiber ..................................................................................... 68
Small Business Makes Big Strides in Commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit ........................................... 69
European Space Agency ICE Cubes ...................................................................................................... 70
The Commercial Multi-use Variable-g Platform ....................................................................................... 71
Mixing Up Better Products in Microgravity .............................................................................................. 72
Scientific Valuation Sidebar: Particles ACE a Test in Stability .................................................................. 73
Combating Muscular Atrophy with Implantable Devices .......................................................................... 73
The Small Satellite Revolution ............................................................................................................... 75
Small to Big: Enabling a Growing SmallSat Marketplace .......................................................................... 75
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Photography—From Another “Planet” to Ours ......................................... 76
Jumpstarting the CubeSat Revolution* ................................................................................................... 77
Tropical Cyclone in Sight ........................................................................................................................ 79
Keeping an Eye on Algae from Space ..................................................................................................... 82

Innovative Technology 85

Fluids and Clean Water .......................................................................................................................... 87
More Efficient, Lightweight Water Filtration Technologies in Space and on Earth ..................................... 87
Economic Valuation Sidebar: New Technologies Give Tap Water, and Other Markets, the “Treatment” .... 88
Advanced NASA Technology Supports Water Purification Efforts Worldwide ......................................... 88
Space Station-Inspired mWater App Identifies Healthy Water Sources ................................................... 89
Economic Valuation Sidebar: Testing—and Verifying—the Waters .......................................................... 91
Commercial Applications from Microbial Filtration in Space .................................................................... 91
Economic Valuation Sidebar: New Filtering Technology “Sweats the Small Stuff” .................................... 91

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