mikelepage: Carousel Spacelab (free-flying variable-g centrifuge)

Design summary

Market logic. Variable g leverages the existing micro-g in-space production market. Micro-g is needed only during the experiment, and setup and harvest are easier with buoyancy and sedimentation. So the product is a small, station-serviceable free-flying centrifuge with astronaut-replaceable payloads mikelepage, 2022-08-26.
Hardware. Space origami, ~1 m stowed and 3 m deployed, carrying 12 cubesat-form payloads. Launch on Electron or F9 rideshare; payloads swapped J-SSOD-style with a robotic arm; a "master control knob for gravity" mikelepage, 2022-08-30.
Business case. From the ISS R&D conference 2022: liver organoids (2-month process, ~6 weeks of culture; 10% of the liver waitlist die) could pay for 4 CLDs, in 2-month batches mikelepage, 2022-09-08.

Compare with the existing JAXA MARS centrifuge (Sci Rep s41598-017-10998-4) Twark_Main, 2022-08-28.

Do organoid and biomanufacturing customers pay for adjustable g rather than just micro-g?

mikelepage, 2022-08-26 (reply #1728, 2 likes): Variable-g production market. Post.
Twark_Main, 2022-08-28 (reply #1736): JAXA MARS comparison. Post.
mikelepage, 2022-08-30 (reply #1738, 2 likes): Carousel Spacelab. Post.
mikelepage, 2022-09-08 (reply #1768, 1 like): Liver organoid case. Post.