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Jan 2, 2009 by Donna from San Diego
Overall Rating: 8

• Tour, engineering design.

“The University of Arizona is now responsible for this site - The engineering of the facility is fascinating - the lung that keeps the air pressure constant is a high point of the tour. I would have loved to hear more about the personal stories of the biosphere participants - there has to be a book waiting to be written about them!”

Mar 20, 2007 by Joyce from Dallas
Overall Rating: 7

• Beauty, good guide.
• Parts have been allowed to degrade, like the ocean/salt marsh. Lots of walking and steps, hard on elderly knees.

“I thought it was fascinating. Our guide had been an employee when the big experiment was started, and he gave us details about the building process, how the biosphere was sealed off, what materials were used. It is a mistake to think of the project as a failure. As batman's butler said, why do we fall? To learn how to get up." Even though the biosphere did not succeed at its goal, a lot was learned about ecosystems. Also about people cooped up together for a long time. As a science fiction reader, I think the knowledge is important if we ever try to set up sealed cities on some planet. The building is beautiful. The various environments are fascinating. The system to control the air pressure without letting in any outside air was ingenious, if a little spooky to tour. I'd definitely recommend it, especially if you like science fiction. A friend of mine suggested that if a group of people went together and bought it, as a co-op, it would make a great retirement village!”

Aug 17, 2006 by RK from Atlanta
Overall Rating: 4

• Good idea of research.
• Bad demonstration, lack of organization.

“It WAS very famous. Now it is like a abandoned town. Most of the research pull out from Biosphere 2. The ticket is about $20 per person. The tour is about half hour to 45 minutes. The tour guide will give you a idea of what they DID before. The buildings are very amazing and the original idea is good. The only thing is you can't really see how it works.”

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