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Spaceship Earth

� We thought,"If we can build a ship, an oceangoing ship,we could do anything." ♪ ♪

� We thought,
"If we can build a ship, an oceangoing ship,
we could do anything." ♪ ♪

Full Transcript

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‐ We thought, "If we can build a ship,
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an oceangoing ship, we could do anything."
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♪ ♪
Duration
15 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:10
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.
‐ Our ship is called the "Heraclitus." - Spaceship Earth 00:10
‐ Our ship is called the "Heraclitus."
‐ Margaret Augustine - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ Margaret Augustine
Margaret, who was 19 or 20, kind of rose to the occasion - Spaceship Earth 00:20
Margaret, who was 19 or 20, kind of rose to the occasion
[pensive music] - Spaceship Earth 00:21
[pensive music]
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