Do you want to increase telomerase production with CRISPR?

Majority of more then nine hundred of known species of tardigrades are populates mossy and lichen pillows on the earth, the trees, the cliffs and the rock walls. I seen huge black tardigrades about 1.5mm at wall with mold.

Old paper page is not available. Do you have it in webarchive?

The oxygen might be needed for algae.

Another point is to make them to be the only of microorganism species in the substance. Because I do not want something oxygen consuming to get there before some source.

The plan is to put it into an apple size capsule that would be sent to Mars. So basically the bacteria should stay alive during the travel period and after impact to the planet.