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The Battalion
Monday, September 27,1
Biosphere 2 crew completes goal Tubularman
Team emerges healthy after two years of self-containment
By Boomer Cardinale
The Associated Press
ORACLE, Ariz. — Gaunt but
triumphant, four men and four
women emerged Sunday from the
glass dome of Biosphere 2 where
they'd been sealed for two years
in a controversial project in self-
sufficiency.
The crew, wearing dark blue
astronaut-style jumpsuits,
stepped through the airlock from
their 3.15-acre mini-world to fill
their lungs with fresh air and
waved to a crowd of at least 2,500
reporters and well-wishers.
"What an extraordinary mo
ment," said crew member Mark
Nelson, 46. "What an extraordi
nary world. They said it couldn't
be done. But ht
healthy, happy.'
lere we are —
The event, dubbed "re-entry"
by Biosphere operators, blended
NASA-style techno-speak with
the trappings of a Hollywood me
dia event.
Festivities began with an early-
morning concert featuring an or
chestra and black tie and was to
include video highlights of the
crew's "mission," book-signings,
ecology talks and solar cooking
demonstrations.
The crew included a physician.
Dr. Roy Walford, and ranged in
age from 29 to 69 at opening. All
are single and agreed to just one
restriction on their social life — no
pregnancies. They have refused to
discuss possible romances or ar
guments that might have taken
place since they were sealed in the
structure 35 miles north of Tucson
on Sept. 26,1991.
Crew members lost an average
of 13.75 percent of their body
weight on a diet heavy on such
items as sweet potatoes, rice,
peanuts, bananas and wheat.
They occasionally had an egg,
chicken or goat meat and coffee.
Operators of the $150 million
private, for-profit project say it
achieved its main goal: keeping
eight people alive in a self-con
tained environment for two
years. But there have been a
number of setbacks.
Fresh air was pumped once to
counteract leaks. Pure oxygen
was pumped in twice in an at
tempt to balance the atmosphere
that was supposed to be main
tained by the natural interaction
of plants and animals.
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The Battalion
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