Interplanetary Engineering

The discipline of designing and building the infrastructure for a multi-planet species. This is civil engineering, but on other worlds with different gravity, no atmosphere, and deadly radiation. It involves constructing pressurized habitats, landing pads, power grids (likely nuclear or solar), and transportation networks (like pressurized rover tubes or orbital elevators). It requires solving novel problems like managing static-cling dust that destroys seals and building with materials you mined on-site yesterday.

Example: "Interplanetary engineering on Ceres is all about spin gravity. They're designing the Canyon Cities—habitats built into massive trenches, with the whole asteroid spun up to create 0.3g on the inner trench walls. The chief engineer's biggest headache is calibrating the sewage flow for a coriolis effect."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Interplanetary Sciences

The focused study of other planets and celestial bodies as places to understand and eventually inhabit. It goes beyond pure astronomy to include planetary geology (are there stable lava tubes for habitats?), comparative climatology, extraterrestrial soil chemistry (for agriculture), and the search for native life that could complicate settlement. It's applied planetary science with a direct goal: to assess resources, evaluate risks, and provide the knowledge needed to build a home off-Earth.

Example: "Her team in interplanetary sciences isn't just looking for water on Mars; they're modeling the perchlorate distribution in the soil to find the best sites for a bioremediation plant that can detoxify the dirt for future farms. It's environmental science for a world that doesn't have an environment yet."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Tower of Interplanetary Power

Building 54 (The Cecil and Ida Green Building) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, Mass.

HQ of MIT's Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Eighteen floors of sharp minds and bleeding-edge research.

We do wonderful things and stupid things there.

Also known as the "Green building."

Soon to be temporarily known as "MARS COMMAND HQ (EASTERN AMERICA)."

"I've got a meeting on the thirteenth floor of the Tower of Interplanetary Power."

by Edwin Kite September 26, 2004

Drake Interplanetary

A virtual Company which defiantly does no make pirate ships in star citizen

He: Are you a pirate do you fly Drake Interplanetary

She: No i just like hem for aesthetics

He; gets robbed by a Drake Interplanetary ship

by gungan December 3, 2024

Interplanetaryoafalism

The art of simultaneously exploring the furthest reaches of the galaxy and the cerebral cortex, while only appearing to be sitting in the corner completely stoned. First used in 1974 during high school art class.

Pronounced: Inter - planetary - oaf - alism

We thought she was just buzzed, but her mind was fully engaged in the prospect of what it might be like to explore The Dark Side of The Moon via interplanetaryoafalism.

by Komrade June 12, 2008