Prior to the construction of Biosphere 2, Biospheric Design designed the one-person test chamber (see above) for the facility, called the “Test Module” which first proved the invention of the sustainability of a completely closed system.



Documentary Film, 1991: “Will Apples grow on Mars?”

Directed by Ken Howard and produced by Irving Rappaport. This remarkable film depicts the creation of Biosphere 2, the world’s first (and so far, only) totally sealed miniature world designed for long term human habitation.



Laboratory Biospheres and Earth to Mars Project

Biospheric Design is designing an Earth to Mars Project (ETM): a long-term, comprehensive program to design, construct and operate an Earth-based prototype life support system that will simulate a base for a manned Mission to Mars. Development of this Mars base will play a major role in (1) determining the feasibility of maintaining humans in a self-sustaining system on Mars, (2) pioneering new technologies for air, water and wastewater recycling, (3) developing the know-how for increasing food production, and (4) furthering studies of Earth’s biogeochemical and ecological processes. For the present, the ETM project is using the “Laboratory Biosphere,” (a 12’ cylindrical chamber, 1,400 cubic feet), to test scientific and engineering systems for the ETM project.