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On This Day - March 6th 1994
The second Biosphere 2 mission begins.
Biosphere 2 is an artificial, sealed ecological system in the desert outside Oracle, Arizona. It was built in the late 1980s, to test whether people could live and study in a closed, isolated environment, whilst carrying out scientific experiments. Biosphere 2 was designed as an airtight replica of Earth's environment, and included a 3,406,000 litre ocean, rainforest, a desert, agricultural areas and a human habitat. It was called Biosphere 2, because Earth itself is considered the first biosphere. The experiment was intended to explore the possible use of closed biospheres in space colonisation.
The first mission involved four men and four women living in the Biosphere for two years from 26 September 1991 until 26 September 1993. The experiment lost some credibility when oxygen and other necessities were required to be provided.
The second Biosphere 2 mission began on 6 March 1994. Seven people from five countries were selected for this experiment, remaining in the Biosphere for six months. The experiment was fraught with problems and the project met with considerable disdain among the scientific community. Biosphere 2 is now open as a hands-on, interactive science centre.