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Spaceship Earth

♪ ♪ ‐ In a relatively benignsetting like Synergia Ranch, you can make mistakes, and you...

[pensive music] ♪ ♪ ‐ In a relatively benign
setting like Synergia Ranch, you can make mistakes, and you learn
that you made a mistake, but in this case, your life depends
on these things working

Full Transcript

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♪ ♪
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‐ In a relatively benign setting
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like Synergia Ranch,
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you can make mistakes,
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and you learn that you made a mistake,
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but in this case,
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your life depends on these things working.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:22
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.
And people had been working 24‐hour shifts. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
And people had been working 24‐hour shifts.
We built it, and in theory, it would float, - Spaceship Earth 00:06
We built it, and in theory, it would float,
It was just slipping out there. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
It was just slipping out there.
Suddenly, the bow went up. [exhales] - Spaceship Earth 00:06
Suddenly, the bow went up. [exhales]
‐ We sailed out from San Francisco Bay, - Spaceship Earth 00:13
‐ We sailed out from San Francisco Bay,
‐ Nothing was tied down the way it should've been. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
‐ Nothing was tied down the way it should've been.
The radar broke and fell in the ocean. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
The radar broke and fell in the ocean.
‐ We certainly were learning quickly, yes. - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ We certainly were learning quickly, yes.
[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth 00:18
[gentle music]
[laughs] - Spaceship Earth 00:06
[laughs]
‐ We were quite capitalistic. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
‐ We were quite capitalistic.
‐ You know, we were never, - Spaceship Earth 00:12
‐ You know, we were never,
‐ Ed Bass was an integral part of our businesses - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ Ed Bass was an integral part of our businesses
Ed Bass is a billionaire - Spaceship Earth 00:08
Ed Bass is a billionaire
The Basses‐‐ their money was in oil. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
The Basses‐‐ their money was in oil.
He would put forward - Spaceship Earth 00:12
He would put forward
[string music] - Spaceship Earth 00:07
[string music]
I may still have it. [laughs] - Spaceship Earth 00:05
I may still have it. [laughs]
He was very charismatic, very dynamic, - Spaceship Earth 00:08
He was very charismatic, very dynamic,
John can be tempestuous, big time, - Spaceship Earth 00:09
John can be tempestuous, big time,