In a recent report it said people could be living on the Moon and Mars within the next 50 years and insisted: ‘To explore and settle the inner solar system we must develop Biospheres.’ The National Commission on Space is also keenly interested. A top scientist said: ‘They’re being bold enough to take that first step’. NASA, the US space agency, have praised the project. It is the brainchild of Texas oil billionaire’s son Edward P. This real life fantasy world is being developed on a 2500-acre ranch in the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountains. Human waste will provide fertilizer for crops and feed algae, bacteria and water plants which in turn will feed fish. The carbon dioxide breathed out by the eight volunteers will be used by the plants, which in turn give off oxygen.

It will contain tiny oceans, rain forests, marshlands and deserts all contained within the airtight shield of glass and steel.Įverything inside the complex, known as Biosphere II, will be recycled. Work has begun on a fabulous space city in preparation for the day people colonize the planets. When the £20 million complex is finished in 1989, eight people will be locked inside this unique environment. The three-acre wonder in Arizona is really an Earth in miniature. what were the aims of Biosphere II? Earth’s First Space Cityīy Geoff Garvey (adapted from the Sunday Mirror, 08-06-1986) Read the article by Geoff Garvey written in 1986.

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