02018cam a2200349 i 4500 350198270 TxAuBib 20161026120000.0 160204s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062349408 $26.99 0062349406 $26.99 (OCoLC)936619562 YDXCP eng YDXCP BDX BTCTA WIM HQD VTL OCLCO JAS ZHB JQM YDX ABG FO7 ILC OCLCO ALH TxAuBib rda Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The terranauts / T. Coraghessan Boyle. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] ©2016. 508 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sealed inside a glass enclosure designed as a prototype for a possible off-Earth colony, eight Terranauts in the 1990s Arizona desert test their skills in five biome environments that they must protect from skeptics who would sabotage the mission. 1994. 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. Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous publicity stunt. The Terranauts face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, both natural and of their own making. 20161026. Closed ecological systems (Space environment) Fiction. Human behavior Fiction. Interpersonal conflict Fiction. Biotic communities Fiction. Science fiction. Arizona Fiction.