The Terranauts

It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of... (more)

It is 1994, and in the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Their sealed, three-acre compound comprises five biomes{u2014}rainforest, savanna, desert, ocean, and marsh{u2014}and enough wildlife, water, and vegetation to sustain them. (less)