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Space Simulation

Medical Definition:	An environment simulating one or more parameters of the space environment, applied in testing space systems or components. Often, a closed chamber is used, capable of approximating the vacuum and normal environments of space. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988) This also includes simulated EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY studies in atmosphere exposure chambers or water tanks.
Guide Notes:	to test space systems or components by approximating the space environment
Also Called:	Orbital Simulation,Models, Space

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