Some universities study colonization in space, like the University of California, Irvine. Engineers at the University of California, Irvine said microbes could help colonize the Moon and Mars. … “Through a biological process that has evolved over millions of years, these tiny miners excavate rocks, extracting the minerals that are essential to the physiological functions, such as photosynthesis, that enable their survival,” said corresponding author David Kisailus, UCI professor of materials science and engineering. Read More