NASA hasn’t disclosed what’s being run in the LSI 1 science module. That’s standard classification for early-stage research. It also means nobody knows — and in the current media environment, that means everyone is speculating. KerbTab wants to know. Orbital Mechanics Quarterly submitted a data access request. The Kerbin Herald ran a sidebar. Whatever Katdorf is doing up there, it’s the program’s first real science output and it’s happening right now, allegedly in silence, which we find personally offensive.
An unnamed source who has definitely seen a microscope once told KerbTab the experiments involve “liquids,” “numbers,” and “not posting.” Another source, who works adjacent to coffee, said Katdorf “seems focused.”
We asked NASA for comment. They sent a PDF. We did not open it. We assume it was flirting.