麦克唐纳·道格拉斯公司宣布它将建造一个制药厂,用航天飞机送入空间。该厂重约2.5吨,能生产出在地面上不能生产的“突破”性的药物。包括化学分离在内的制药过程试验都已在航天飞机的前几次飞行中获得成功。该公司计划最终要把这个制药厂撤出航天飞机的货舱,让它单独在空间飞行六个月或更长时间,由航天飞机给它运送原料 McDonnell Douglas announced that it will build a pharmaceutical plant, space shuttle into space. The plant weighs about 2.5 tonnes and can produce “breakthrough” medicines that can not be produced on the ground. The pharmaceutical process trials, including chemical separation, have all been successful in the first few flights of the space shuttle. The company plans to eventually pull the plant out of the space shuttle’s shuttle, allowing it to fly alone in space for six months or longer, transporting it to the shuttle via the shuttle