Dictionary of Space Concepts

Short Definition:
An analog habitat is a facility that is set up to imitate martian or lunar conditions on earth.

Detailed Definition:
An analog habitat is a base meant to simulate a space habitat or colony. It is designed to test and study the feasibility of living in such a habitat. Analog habitats are used to test technologies and systems that could be used in a real space habitat, and to study the psychological and social effects of living in a closed environment without the risks and cost of an actual space mission.

Etymology:
From Latin habitō (“I live or I dwell”).

Sample Sentence(s):
An analog habitat was set up in the middle of a desert.

Translations:

French:
habitat analogique

German:
analoger Lebensraum

Polish:
habitat analogowy

Swedish:
analog livsmiljö


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