8. Glossaire

Payload capacity

In the astronautics field, this is the maximum mass of payload a launcher can put into a given orbit.

Unipotent cells

These can only produce one kind of cell.

Payload

Part of a space vehicle designed to fulfil the mission’s objectives. A rocket or launcher’s payload is the artificial satellite or space probe it must put into orbit.

Bioreactor

A biotechnology tool for cell culture (yeasts, bacteria, microscopic fungi, algae, animal and plant cells) for diverse applications such as the production of biomass or metabolites.

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