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		dredmorbius on March 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Photos Reveal More Than 200 Arctic Lakes Have Star... Trials of self-contained ecosystems capable of sustaining humans to date have operated for less than one year. With other external inputs, potentially longer, but the problem is manifestly hard.

agumonkey on March 26, 2017 [–]

Does this includes systems like the ISS?

dredmorbius on March 26, 2017 | [–]

No. The ISS is not self-contained.

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