Wait the stuff at the end?

He had a breach in his ship but fixed it and went back and saved Rocky and sent the samples of whatever it was that was eating the stuff that was destroying humans.

So reading through they think it can be used to eventually make huge filters they can use for coal plants and stuff like that.

If true this could be like whatever it was they found in Project Hail Mary that ends up saving the human race.

And they won’t do anything about it because adding it helps them make $1.27 more on every sale.

Or something along those lines.