astrotechnology

plural astrotechnologies

1. informalrareuncountableusuallyliteratureSpace technology.

   He observed using astrotechnology at his disposal to search out a civilization using updated technology.

   2014, Darryl Gopaul, Escape from Jipadara: A Solar System of Three Planets with Sentient Life Forms

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   Ford hunted excitedly through the technical specs of the ship, occasionally gasping with astonishment at what he read – clearly Galactic astrotechnology had moved ahead during the years of his exile.

   2009, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Our scientist-kings and our brave new age of biotechnology (and then astrotechnology: the engineering of space) are the latest in giant steps that will take this Babel drive to a new level.

   2016, Os Guinness, Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization

2. uncountableusuallyliteratureSynonym of xenotechnology.

   Synonyms: xenotechnology

3. uncountableusuallyThe technology of astronomy