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For Sale: Biosphere 2
jangobongo writes "The Texas company that built and owns the Biosphere 2 Center near Tucson, AZ has put the property up for sale. Built at a cost of over $200 million, Biosphere 2 was originally used as a a self-sustaining environment for humans with eight "biospherians" sealing themselves in for two years to see if they could survive without outside intervention. The Biosphere 2 campus consists of a 3.1-acre glass terrarium and 70 other buildings on 140 acres, and includes offices, classrooms, laboratories, residential housing, and a hotel and conference center. Because it is a very expensive place to operate, the more than 85,000 visitors last year were not enough to make money on tourism alone. Potential uses for the property: a religious college, spa, golf resort or even a technology park."
And if you can't afford that, how about subleasing my 1-bedroom in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn for $750 a month?
I'm holding out for my own airship hangar.
Give a man fire, and you warm him for the night. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life.
If it was really self sustaining, it wouldn't be expensive to operate. :-/
(Spudley Strikes Again!)
..."Why don't they just seal up the place with a whole bunch of stuff inside, and see what survives?"
The little green men have already been there and done that. So far Homo Sapiens are leading, but they have a nasty tendency to wipe themselves out. We're cheering for the dolphins, they're a 2:1 lock.