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- From: mvp@netcom.com (Mike Van Pelt)
- Subject: Re: Valid Space-related research...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.230810.8067@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Dec26.092310.11874@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Dec26.222916.24090@mic.ucla.edu> <1992Dec28.082644.25866@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:08:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.082644.25866@fcom.cc.utah.edu> freier@mail.physics.utah.edu (rodney james freier) writes:
- (re: Biosphere II)
- > Regardless of where the funding is coming from or what the intent
- >actually is, it is the kind of experiment that MUST be done before any
- >plans for colony projects can even begin. (Not that I approve of
- >colonization plans, mind you.) I freely admit that if data is not
- >being taken properly, then Biosphere is a scam.
-
- The problem with Biosphere II is that there are just too many variables
- -- If the people involved were interested more in science than in
- ideology, they'd have tried a number of simpler combinations of life
- forms instead of attempting to create a microcosm of the entire
- planetary biosphere, with animals rather than the grand-standing of
- putting people in it. I just hope their data collection is more
- science-like and less advocacy-like than their experimental setup.
-
- --
- Mike Van Pelt | What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth?
- mvp@netcom.com | Judging from realistic simulations involving a
- | sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we
- | can assume it will be pretty bad. -- Dave Barry
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