ashlee: shlomo has invested in dozens of israeli companies.the extreme end of what the idf can inspire, i have gone to a small beach town and tech of that brushes up against tel aviv. it is here that space pharma has set out to make some interstellar drugs. >> if humanity would like to move out of earth, they must learn the microgravity conditions in order to survive on their way to mars and to other places. ashlee: the ceo used to head the idf satellite program. then he and his comrades hit on a big, possibly profitable idea. they assembled some space software and science experts and set to work trying to make life easier on astronauts. >> we are the middlemen. the astronaut is not the scientist. he needs to survive, eat, pray, sleep. he cannot do too much science. ashlee: space pharma has built a shoebox-sized laboratory that will hitch rides into orbit on rockets from companies like spacex with the goal of shirking -- the goal is to shrink down state-of-the-art scientific equipment and automating how it runs experiment. -- experiments. this

i came here to me one of the people that shaped the israeli kartup lifestyle ,shlomo ramer's companyckpoint invented the freaking firewall. >> we always talk about the stuff we will do afterward. ashlee: like a lot of israeli tech elites, shlomo got his start with unit 8200, the top branch of the idf. >> it is this game is part of idf that is equivalent to an essay. -- nsa. 22-23 years old, i was the head of the unit, 20 people, very high responsibility. i was making decisions in millions of dollars. ashlee: the idf functions like a never-ending networking event. the first question at a cocktail party is what unit usurped np refer 82 hundred members, these tied -- the size of led to the market.nating what makes israel so well-suited to startups and technology? >> there is always an infusion , the idf, and a fusion of talent you have people -- ashlee: shlomo has invested in dozens of israeli companies. to see the extreme end of what i have goneinspire to a small beach town and technology hub that brushes up against tel aviv. it is here that space pharma has set out to make interstella