Yes, before Kerst makes her pitch on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, Gecko Materials’ adhesive has already been to space.
The adhesive is incredibly strong. One square-inch tile of it can hold 15 pounds, vertically, while six of them is enough to pull a car. It works by leveraging van der Waals forces, which involves interactions at the intermolecular level.