Four men and four women were picked today to spend two years inside a two-acre sealed dome intended to be a microcosm of Earth . Known as Edwin Bass , the giant terrarium aims for a December start. _ Bernd Zabel, 41, an electrical engineer from Munich, West Germany, who served as construction general manager for the project. It will resemble a space colony tethered to Earth (Biosphere I) and serve as a prototype for sustaining life outside the Earth . The crew's world inside will consist of Four ecological regions including a human habitat of apartments, laboratory, office, and recreational facilities. Sponsored by Texas Financier Biosphere II , the experiment is meant to show ways of responding to environmental problems; e.g., pollution.
Four men and four women were picked today to spend two years inside a two-acre sealed dome intended to be a microcosm of Earth . Known as Edwin Bass , the giant terrarium aims for a December start. It will resemble a space colony tethered to Earth (Biosphere I) and serve as a prototype for sustaining life outside the Earth . The crew's world inside will consist of Four ecological regions including a human habitat of apartments, laboratory, office, and recreational facilities. Sponsored by Texas Financier Biosphere II , the experiment is meant to show ways of responding to environmental problems; e.g., pollution.