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Planetary engineering — is the application of technology for the purpose of influencing the global properties of a planet. [cite book| authorlink=Martyn J. Fogg| last=Fogg| first=Martyn J.| year=1995| title=Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments| publisher=SAE … Wikipedia
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize — The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (complete German title de. Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft ) is a research prize awarded by the Deutsche… … Wikipedia
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