; (2) environmental requirements including thermal, vibration, micro-g level, noise, sterility, and cleanliness; (3) laboratory facility hardware (e.g., glovebox, ovens, rodent facilities); (4) technology demonstration and qualification; (5) crew time for carrying out basic research activities; (6) power; (7) data storage and transmission; (8) communications; (9) supporting facilities and infrastructure; (10) crew and cargo transportation services, including pressurized upmass and downmass, to and from low Earth orbit following the end of International Space Station operations; (11) options for how such requirements could be met, including through the use of suborbital launch systems, free flying orbital platforms, and the feasibility, and potential risks associated with