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No need to put it in orbit. A self-sustaining sealed ecosystem is a vital piece of research and engineering for us to do before we leave the planet.


The failed Biosphere 2 project was one such attempt.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2


I always found it odd that such an important line of research was restricted to one-off stunts like this. Every university should be making sealed gardens.




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