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Historic Bucky Dome Needs Help

Posted by chrisd on from the cool-design-meets-bad-roofing-contractor dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome is falling apart and one man hopes to save it. Read more at http://www.msnbc.com/news/748889.asp?0bl=-0" The Buckminster Fuller Institute has a page on the dome, which has contact info for donations.

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  1. For those who are into into chemistry... by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Buckminsterfullerene" is a form of carbon where 60 carbon atoms are bonded together into a large molecule that resembles a soccer ball. It is also called C60 or a "Bucky Ball." This "Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Dome" I would suspect is some sort of large bucky ball representation.

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