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Spaceship Earth

We had to manage carefullythe cycles of carbon dioxide and oxygen, because our greatest...

We had to manage carefully
the cycles of carbon dioxide and oxygen, because our greatest fear
was that CO2 was going to get so high that we'd be driven
out of the biosphere

Full Transcript

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We had to manage carefully the cycles
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of carbon dioxide and oxygen,
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because our greatest fear was that CO2
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was going to get so high
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that we'd be driven out of the biosphere.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:46
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.
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.
This is the first laboratory. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
This is the first laboratory.
If we can transplant a coral reef - Spaceship Earth 00:17
If we can transplant a coral reef
‐ Okay, I'd like to welcome everybody to Biosphere 2. - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ Okay, I'd like to welcome everybody to Biosphere 2.
‐ That is Mark Nelson. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ That is Mark Nelson.
[upbeat music] - Spaceship Earth 00:07
[upbeat music]
We were hoping that that would pay for a great deal of it, - Spaceship Earth 00:07
We were hoping that that would pay for a great deal of it,