This HTML5 document contains 12 embedded RDF statements represented using HTML+Microdata notation.

The embedded RDF content will be recognized by any processor of HTML5 Microdata.

Subject Item

n2:

rdf:type

n10:

rdfs:label

Horizon Ark

rdfs:comment

Brazilian research station run by Horizon Corporation. The Ark is a self-contained biosphere, an airtight collection of buildings used to conduct experiments in how environments regulate themselves. The carefully balanced mix of plants and animals within the Ark is designed to mimic Earth's ecosystem. Air, water, and waste products are all recycled, allowing humans to live indefinitely inside the compound with no contact with the external world- in theory. The knowledge gained from research in self-contained biospheres such as the Ark could led to better life support systems for astronauts, as well as a greater understanding of how natural environments work.

dcterms:subject

n9: n14:

n4:wikiPageUsesTemplate

n5:

n11:wikiPageUsesTemplate

n12:

n17:

n18:

n15:

n16:

n3:

Horizon Ark

n7:

22

n13:abstract

Brazilian research station run by Horizon Corporation. The Ark is a self-contained biosphere, an airtight collection of buildings used to conduct experiments in how environments regulate themselves. The carefully balanced mix of plants and animals within the Ark is designed to mimic Earth's ecosystem. Air, water, and waste products are all recycled, allowing humans to live indefinitely inside the compound with no contact with the external world- in theory. The knowledge gained from research in self-contained biospheres such as the Ark could led to better life support systems for astronauts, as well as a greater understanding of how natural environments work. The Horizon Ark was formally dedicated in July 1999. It was built under the auspices of the U.S. government's Rainforest 2000 Project. Horizon Corporation has announced that after an initial testing period experiments will begin in the fall of 2000.