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NASA has also reported research investment in microbial vaccine development and microencapsulation of drugs for targeted and more efficient treatment delivery.

For example, NASA's research on new treatment options for complex diseases, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, require the use of a microgravity environment to allow the microparticles in the treatment solution to stay robust. Īnti and microgravity enable astronauts to execute medical research that is impossible to perform on earth. Currently, NASA's research at the ISS includes biomedical research, material science, technology advancement, and methods to enable further space exploration. Research conducted at the International Space Station aims to benefit human civilizations on earth and extend human knowledge around space and space exploration. Furthermore, the unrepeated perspective from space looking at earth enables scientists to gain more insight on the earth's natural environment. The unique attributes of space enable astronauts to conduct research that could not otherwise be executed on earth. The Artemis program is NASA's stepping stone to their ultimate goal of landing on Mars. NASA's Artemis program aims to land another man and the first woman on the moon by 2024 and eventually establish sustainable space travel by 2028. SpaceX has been a dominant leader in this push for efficient exploration with the release of the Falcon 9, a reusable rocket. Many private companies are working to make space travel more efficient in hopes to reduce the overall cost of space travel, and thus space colonization. The primary blockers to colonizing space include technological and economic challenges. Leveraging these resources and moving high polluting industries to space could reduce the emissions on earth and ultimately lead to finding cleaner energy sources. Furthermore, the availability of additional resources that can be mined from space could potentially expand the capabilities of humans and largely benefit society.

Colonizing other planets allows for the dispersal of humans and thus increases the likelihood of survival given a planetary disaster. It has been argued that space colonization is a means of ensuring the survival of human civilization given a planetary disaster.