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Spaceship Earth

120 years, he says, is his life expectancy,maybe more

120 years, he says, is his life expectancy,
maybe more

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120 years, he says,
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is his life expectancy, maybe more.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:04
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Impact Partners,RadicalMedia,Stacey Reiss Productions

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Movie Summary

A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
‐ Roy was your archetypal mad scientist‐ - Spaceship Earth 00:11
‐ Roy was your archetypal mad scientist‐
‐ ♪ Nothing ♪ - Spaceship Earth 00:14
‐ ♪ Nothing ♪
Very early in the morning, - Spaceship Earth 00:08
Very early in the morning,
[light music] - Spaceship Earth 00:15
[light music]
The nutrients were all being put back into the same system. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
The nutrients were all being put back into the same system.
We had to manage carefully the cycles - Spaceship Earth 00:13
We had to manage carefully the cycles
If I picked a sweet potato out of the soil, - Spaceship Earth 00:08
If I picked a sweet potato out of the soil,
We could kind of get a good feeling - Spaceship Earth 00:07
We could kind of get a good feeling
‐ I have a personal relationship - Spaceship Earth 00:25
‐ I have a personal relationship
I have connections with the whole world of life in here. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
I have connections with the whole world of life in here.
[warm brass music] - Spaceship Earth 00:10
[warm brass music]
‐ We were learning the most phenomenal amount - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ We were learning the most phenomenal amount
‐ We actually had 64 separate research projects going on. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ We actually had 64 separate research projects going on.
There were over 1,000 sensors, - Spaceship Earth 00:09
There were over 1,000 sensors,
We were monitoring critical vectors like trace gases - Spaceship Earth 00:08
We were monitoring critical vectors like trace gases
The cycles were literally - Spaceship Earth 00:07
The cycles were literally
‐ I'm making measurements in the analytical lab - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ I'm making measurements in the analytical lab
‐ With the conventional scientific thinking, - Spaceship Earth 00:14
‐ With the conventional scientific thinking,
The idea was, here's all this stuff, and what's gonna happen? - Spaceship Earth 00:06
The idea was, here's all this stuff, and what's go...
‐ The planet urgently needs to study biospheres. - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ The planet urgently needs to study biospheres.