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Theirs was to have been a self‐sustaining
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Spaceship Earth

? Theirs was to have beena self‐sustaining three‐acre world,a model for colonizing space,...

� Theirs was to have been
a self‐sustaining three‐acre world,
a model for colonizing space, but crops failed.
Fresh air was pumped in

Full Transcript

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‐ Theirs was to have been a self‐sustaining
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three‐acre world, a model for colonizing space,
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but crops failed. Fresh air was pumped in.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:34:21
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.
‐ Critics say these violations - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ Critics say these violations
‐ It's self‐contained, but it's not self‐sustaining, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ It's self‐contained, but it's not self‐sustainin...
‐ In ten minutes, in ten seconds, maybe, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ In ten minutes, in ten seconds, maybe,
‐ Once this oxygen came in, - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ Once this oxygen came in,
‐ The first thing that happened, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ The first thing that happened,
And I realized, I hadn't heard the sound - Spaceship Earth 00:05
And I realized, I hadn't heard the sound
["Right Here Right Now" by Jesus Jones playing] - Spaceship Earth 00:07
["Right Here Right Now" by Jesus Jones playing]
‐ ♪ A woman on the radio talks about revolution ♪ - Spaceship Earth 00:48
‐ ♪ A woman on the radio talks about revolution ♪
My agriculture system was just becoming really good. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
My agriculture system was just becoming really good.
You know, it was maturing, things were working well, - Spaceship Earth 00:09
You know, it was maturing, things were working well,
The eight men and eight women who've been locked - Spaceship Earth 00:05
The eight men and eight women who've been locked
‐ Today, workers were scrubbing windows - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ Today, workers were scrubbing windows
That's when the Biospherians exit this greenhouse, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
That's when the Biospherians exit this greenhouse,
[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth 00:17
[gentle music]
I did not want to come out. I was volunteering to stay in. - Spaceship Earth 00:06
I did not want to come out. I was volunteering to stay in.
‐ So, it was amazing that from a dream - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ So, it was amazing that from a dream
I had the adventure of my life. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
I had the adventure of my life.
‐ So, I'd look at the trees that we planted from seed, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ So, I'd look at the trees that we planted from seed,...
‐ On the re‐entry day, we were all inside the Biosphere, - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ On the re‐entry day, we were all inside the Biosphere,
‐ When I began in 1960, - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ When I began in 1960,