Pauly Shore: There Is Hope For You Yet

Biosphere 2 has been saved! I always thought that biospheres were cool. Especially because they were the precursors to living on the moon or on Mars. Unfortunately, everyone just came out of the biodomes just hating each other. But, BioSphere 2 is going to be saved...at least for another few years.
It belongs to the University of Arizona and they are going to try to keep it open as and environmental laboratory and not, you know, a bunch of McMansions.

The university has now leased the property for scientific research with the aid of gifts and grants, and funds permitting, will try to extend the lease for 10 years.

Nestled in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, the great glass greenhouse was built 20 years ago by Space Biosphere Ventures as an artificial closed ecological system.

When, in 1991, eight people were sealed inside, it was hailed as a dry run for building a colony on Mars. But two years later, when the same eight emerged emaciated from poor diets and embittered by infighting, critics were quick to call the project a failure.

I tell you what though. BioDome the movie was NOT a failure, I loved that movie.

(via New Scientist) Biosphere 2 saved from developer's bulldozers