Could You Live in a 3.15 Acre Bubble?
Nothing gets in and nothing (and nobody) gets out – except sunlight – through the glass walls of Biosphere 2. This 3.15 acre structure more or less looks like space colony sitting in the Arizona dessert.
(In case you’re wondering, Biosphere 1 refers to the Earth’s actual ecosystem.)
The goal was to see whether human beings could survive in such a sealed structure without dying, getting deathly sick, starving, running out of oxygen or going insane.
They figured it was better to test it out here, on Earth, rather than the moon or Mars. If things went wrong (which they did) they could always open an airlock and let in more air, food, water… or the crew could just walk out.
83% of their diet was grown within the Biosphere. The other 17%, I assume, was brought in before they sealed the hatch. As I understand they ended up eating so many yams their skin turned orange.
They lost weight the first year but increased their farming efforts and beefed up the next year.
The other reason they started growing more food was because the carbon-dioxide content of the air kept on going up. With only eight people they weren’t sure where all the breathable air was disappearing to. In the video link below you can hear crewmember Jane Poynter explain what they finally discovered was eating up all the oxygen.
It’s a fascinating, 15-minute video, looking at how delicate our planet’s ecosystem truly is and how disconnected we are from it…
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_biosphere_2.html
Namaste,
John C. A. Manley
www.metaphysicalSF.com
P.S. In case you’re wondering, despite the oxygen and calorie problems, the crew of Biosphere 2 all came out of the two-year experiment with exceptional health.
P.P.S. Just goes to show that a lifestyle that is in tune with the environment is also conducive to personal health. If your lifestyle is out of tune with both the environment and your own biology you may want to check out Dr. Carolyn Dean’s Future Health Now! program…
http://drcarolyndean.com/futurehealthnow
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