[FRIAM] Biospheres

[Jochen Fromm]

Corentin de Chatelperron and Caroline Pultz tried to live for 120 days in the Mexican desert self sufficiently, growing their own food. Using their own desalination machines they generated fresh water for the plants and themselves https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/110239-000-A/the-biosphere-experiment/Biosphere 2 near Tuscon was a similar, even more extreme experiment to create a self-sustaining ecosystem. The experiment was considered a failure and the whole center belongs now to the University of Arizona.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2Both experiments showed how difficult it is to support human life in a closed, self-sustaining environment. Do you think self-sustained life on Moon or Mars is possible? Or as the book "A City on Mars" asks "Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/14/a-city-on-mars-by-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith-review-one-way-ticket-to-muskow-anyone-J.
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