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===Adapting humans=== It has also been suggested that instead of or in addition to terraforming a hostile environment humans might adapt to these places by the use of [[genetic engineering]], [[biotechnology]] and [[Cyborg|cybernetic enhancements]].<ref>{{cite conference |first1=Aaron |last1=Gronstal |first2=Julio Aprea |last2=Perez |first3=Tobias |last3=Bittner |first4=Erik |last4=Clacey |first5=Angelo |last5=Grubisic |first6=Damian |last6=Rogers |year=2005 |title=Bioforming and terraforming: A balance of methods for feasible space colonization |conference=56th International Astronautical Congress |url=http://iafastro.directory/iac/archive/browse/IAC-05/A5/1/2157/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lunan|first1=Duncan|title=Man and the Planets: The Resources of the Solar System|publisher=Ashgrove Press|isbn=9780906798171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=St8JAAAAMAAJ|access-date=10 January 2017|language=en|date=January 1983}}{{page needed|date=October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Spitzmiller|first1=Ted|title=Astronautics: A Historical Perspective of Mankind's Efforts to Conquer the Cosmos|publisher=Apogee Books|isbn=9781894959667|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjVGAAAAYAAJ|access-date=10 January 2017|language=en|year=2007}}{{page needed|date=October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Could We Marsiform Ourselves? |url=http://www.universetoday.com/132783/could-we-marsiform-ourselves/|work=Universe Today|access-date=10 January 2017|date=10 January 2017 |first=Fraser |last=Cain}}</ref><ref name=motherboard1>{{cite web|title=Be Your Own Spaceship: How We Can Adapt Human Bodies for Alien Worlds|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/be-your-own-spaceship-how-we-can-adapt-human-bodies-for-alien-worlds/|publisher=Vice Motherboard|access-date=10 January 2017|language=en-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113041207/https://motherboard.vice.com/blog/be-your-own-spaceship-how-we-can-adapt-human-bodies-for-alien-worlds|archive-date=13 January 2017 |date=29 July 2013 |first=Becky |last=Ferreira}}</ref> This is known as [[pantropy]]. <!--Examples of such adjustments include the making organs fit for low gravity, increasing [[lung volumes]] for atmospheres with low oxygen levels and [[Powered exoskeleton|exoskeletons]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Humanity and Space|url=https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-031015-113556/unrestricted/Humanity_and_Space_IQP.pdf|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=motherboard1/> for high pressure ratios.-->
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