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Science and Education in Biodomes
Guinnessy writes: "Many of you will remember the excitement around biosphere 2, a project to enclose 8 people in a sealed environment to see if they could survive a year on just the resources produced inside the dome. It failed (although they did discover some interesting data from it). Now, in the UK, a bunch of scientists, engineers and environments have created the Eden Project, a similar scheme (e.g. closed environments mimicking various climate conditions around the world) to biosphere 2 except the general public can walk through the domes to learn about the importance of plant life. Wired News magazine has an excellent article explaining some of the technology used in its construction (it amazed me how far they have come compared to the biosphere 2 design) and how it is educating the public." Hey, according to Mission to Mars all you need is some flapping canvas to keep your habitat secure.
okay, now the rest of you can move on with your business ;-)
What those Brit's won't do to escape the cold clammy European weather!
Newt-dog
My Doctor prescribed daily nasal saline irrigation, hehe
No one sensible can afford to live in London.
Reality show? Just how much reality is involved with Big Brother? Reality implies, that it's something that happens all the time all around the world, but other than that tv-show, how many times have you heard about 10 people being locked away in a secluded house for 100 days with no possible venue of privacy?
The closest to that I can come up with is when the cardinals elects a new pope, but that's not on tv.
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
"The Eden Project is basically a big green house."
No, it's transparant - the only green part about it is the plantlife.
What you really mean is:
"The Eden Project is basically a big greenhouse", but that's something else altogether.
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.