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Yeah, other than the fact that Biosphere II completely failed to be self sustaining, then sure, it resembles what a space colony might look like. And you are a
by kagakuninja 4y ago
Yeah, other than the fact that Biosphere II completely failed to be self sustaining, then sure, it resembles what a space colony might look like.
And you are assuming there are no resource constraints on the sizes of those domes; Biosphere II was made by shipping machinery and raw materials across modest distances by truck, as opposed to shipping supplies from Earth by rocket.
I remember reading about Biosphere II in Omni magazine, in the late '70s. We still cannot create a self-sufficient sealed ecosystem here on Earth, 45 years later.
- hparadiz 4y agoThat's just cause it was too small. Only 3.14 acres. Need at least a few square miles. Dome a canyon. Pump up the air. Introduce water. Would be an amazing experiment.
- mcculley 4y agoWhere Biosphere II failed, Lunar Palace 1 claims to have succeeded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuegong-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuegong-1