Comments on: Biosphere 2 Ready for New Research

By: Herculette

Herculette — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:04:30 +0000

what happened to the female biped who conceived an offspring in Biosphere?

By: Rod Mondt

Rod Mondt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:51:06 +0000

Writer after writer continue to write story after story about Biosphere 2 without ever acknowledging that part of the Biosphere 2 history also includes one of the most successful and timely undergraduate programs Columbia University has ever offered. From the time Columbia took over the operation to the time they pulled out, hundreds of students attended the Biosphere 2 campus to study earth science and environmental policy. This program was targeted to regional and national case studies and was on the cutting edge of integrated, experiential learning. I just can’t figure out why this piece of the historic puzzel fails to be mentioned. Most likely because programs like these only offer a superb learning and teaching experience and don’t garner the big dollars when it comes time to write the grants. So much for outstanding learning.

By: radmax

radmax — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:17 +0000

Ugh…another attempt at making this ant infested co2 bulb research worthy? BTW, interesting, informative writing as usual Jonathan.
I remember looking over the plans for this boondoggle and thinking it was a well intentioned folly. So far I’m right. Way too many points of entry in the ‘seal’ and lack of planetary atmospheric simulating HVAC mechanical technology doomed this project from the start.
Hopefully they have the bugs worked out. I hope so, it’s a marvelous complex. It would be a shame for it to remain only a tourist attraction.