Biosphere 2: Bogus New World?; In the Arizona Desert, a Foundering Experiment in Ecology and Capitalism From: The Washington Post | Date: January 8, 1992| Author: | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The future rises from the bulldozed desert floor. It gleams in the brilliant high-altitude sun. It is the self-consciously futuristic future of our fantasies.

To call Biosphere 2 a greenhouse is to understate: It is a miniature world, a wholly enclosed planetoid spanning 3.15 acres, complete with rain forest, ocean, marsh, savanna, desert, farm and human habitat. There are eight humans sealed inside, four men and four women. They call themselves "bionauts." They vow not to emerge for two years. For ceremonial occasions they wear identical red jumpsuits. It's all very Space Age.

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