The process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.
Origin
Coined by science-fiction writer James Blish in the 1950s for his short-story collection The Seedling Stars.
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