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John Allen's ideas and Edward Bass's money
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Spaceship Earth

John Allen's ideasand Edward Bass's money have spawned a numberof worldwide ventures

John Allen's ideas
and Edward Bass's money have spawned a number
of worldwide ventures

Full Transcript

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John Allen's ideas and Edward Bass's money
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have spawned a number of worldwide ventures.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:58
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.
‐ Ed would invest a huge amount of money, - Spaceship Earth 00:18
‐ Ed would invest a huge amount of money,
‐ Ed was also passionate about ecology. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ Ed was also passionate about ecology.
‐ All you've got to do is watch his face light up - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ All you've got to do is watch his face light up
‐ From the ecological point of view, - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ From the ecological point of view,
I was able to put these together - Spaceship Earth 00:09
I was able to put these together
‐ We'd been thinking about the human relationship - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ We'd been thinking about the human relationship
Biosphere 2 is totally - Spaceship Earth 00:10
Biosphere 2 is totally
[orchestral music] - Spaceship Earth 00:18
[orchestral music]
‐ We had maybe 15 or so people, - Spaceship Earth 00:11
‐ We had maybe 15 or so people,
This is the kind of human being who would do this. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
This is the kind of human being who would do this.
‐ Well, I know that the eight people who go in - Spaceship Earth 00:13
‐ Well, I know that the eight people who go in
Why are you getting locked up in the Biosphere?" - Spaceship Earth 00:08
Why are you getting locked up in the Biosphere?"
[laughs] - Spaceship Earth 00:10
[laughs]
Do the‐‐appear and disappear emotionally, - Spaceship Earth 00:05
Do the‐‐appear and disappear emotionally,
‐ John Allen was a brilliant, charismatic leader, - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ John Allen was a brilliant, charismatic leader,
He really knew what people needed, - Spaceship Earth 00:08
He really knew what people needed,
I thought part of John Allen's genius - Spaceship Earth 00:08
I thought part of John Allen's genius
[energetic music] - Spaceship Earth 00:16
[energetic music]
Maybe that was naive, but maybe not. - Spaceship Earth 00:06
Maybe that was naive, but maybe not.
‐ To prove this, we thought it was necessary - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ To prove this, we thought it was necessary