A New Market is Launching.

The Trillion-Dollar Space Economy Is Expanding Fast

Medical Opportunities in the Emerging Space Economy

The growth of the commercial space industry will increase demand for specialized medical care and health services. As more people travel and work in space, healthcare providers will be needed for pre-flight screening, in-flight health monitoring, and post-flight rehabilitation. Long-duration missions will require expertise in areas such as radiation exposure, musculoskeletal health, behavioral health, and telemedicine. As space exploration and tourism expand, aerospace medicine and related healthcare fields will become increasingly important. We believe OrbitalMed is positioned to become the leading medical provider for commercial space ventures, government space ventures, academic space research, and clinical space sciences.

A Window of Opportunity That Will Not Last Long

OrbitalMed is Here to Help Companies/Organizations Meet the Challenges and Opportunities on the Horizon

The need for a mission-based medical system engineered to keep astronauts healthy in microgravity and bring them safely back to Earth is immediate. The next few years will bring a surge of new developments.

ISS Transition (2030)

  
    The ISS is scheduled for deorbit in 2030. Every commercial station replacing it needs a medical services partner — contracts are being negotiated now.2

Commercial Crew Surge

  
    Mission cadence is accelerating from dozens to hundreds of flights per year. Operators lack the in-house medical expertise required for this scale.1,3

Regulatory Inflection

  
    FAA, NASA, and international agencies are drafting commercial crew health standards. The first organization to help shape these standards will likely define the industry standard.3

Dual-Use IP Window

  
    Cross-gravity health innovations developed for spaceflight have direct applications in remote, austere, and disaster medicine on Earth.

The opportunity to define the future of space medicine is here. OrbitalMed is helping the industry build the foundation that will support the next generation of human activity beyond Earth.

(1) Northern Sky Research (Analysys Mason) — Space Tourism & Suborbital Market Analysis. nsr.com
(2) NASA Office of Inspector General — ISS Transition Plan & Commercial LEO Destinations. oig.nasa.gov
(3) FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) — Licensed Launch Activity & Commercial Human Spaceflight Data. faa.gov/space

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