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Fancy living on the moon? Japan studying colony tech
New research centre set up to explore how to build sustainable habitats in space
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Japan is exploring how to build sustainable space colonies - and a primitive model can be achieved by the next decade, said the country's first female astronaut.
Dr Chiaki Mukai, 65, now director of the Space Colony Research Centre at the Tokyo University of Science (TUS), said there are many definitions of what a "colony" could mean - from the traditional concept of a village, to a hotel, or a community of just four people.
