Extraterrestrial settlement can be any type of permanent
habitation outside of Earth, beyond its
space boundary, such as:
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Space settlement
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Orbital space station
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Cycler
A cycler is a potential spacecraft on a closed transfer orbit that would pass close to two celestial bodies at regular intervals. Cyclers could be used for carrying heavy supplies, life support and radiation shielding.
Concept
A cycler encoun ...
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Interstellar ark
An interstellar ark is a conceptual starship designed for interstellar travel. Interstellar arks may be the most economically feasible method of traveling such distances. The ark has also been proposed as a potential habitat to preserve civiliz ...
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Generation ship
A generation ship, generation starship or world ship, is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark starship that travels at sub- light speed. Since such a ship might require hundreds to thousands of years to reach nearby stars, the original occup ...
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Extraterrestrial surface settlement (incl. extraterrestrial
underground settlement)
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Moonbase
A moonbase (or lunar base) is a human outpost on or below the surface of the Moon. More than a mere site of activity or temporary camp, moonbases are extraterrestrial bases, supporting uncrewed spaceflight, robotic or crewed spaceflight, human a ...
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Mars base
*Extraterrestrial
floating settlement
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High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC)
*Extraterrestrial
submerged settlement
See also
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Human presence in space
Human presence in space (also anthropogenic presence in space or humanity in space) is the direct and mediated presence or telepresence of humans in outer space, and in an extended sense across space including astronomical bodies. Human pr ...
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