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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Paraterraforming''' β (Richard Taylor, 1992). "The Practice" of "Enclosing" "A Large Area" of a "Planetary Surface" in a "Sealed Habitat" and "Terraforming" **"Only That Interior Volume."** * '''O'Neill Cylinder''' β (Gerard K. O'Neill, 1976). "A Large" "Rotating Space Habitat" (Cylinder shape) that "Uses" **"Centrifugal Force"** to "Simulate Gravity." * '''Bernal Sphere''' β (John Desmond Bernal, 1929). An "Earlier Concept" of a "Self-Contained Space Habitat" in the "Sphere" shape. * '''Dome City''' β "The Simplest" "Paraterraforming" "Concept": a "Transparent" or "Semi-Transparent" "Dome" "Covering" a "Crater" or "Valley" and "Providing" "Earth-Like Atmosphere." * '''Interior World''' β The "Entire" "Enclosed Volume" of a **Paraterraformed** "Structure": "Contains" "Its Own" "Weather," "Ecology," and "Architecture." * '''Centrifugal Gravity''' β "The Simulation" of "Gravity" in **"Rotating Habitats"** by the "Outward Force" "Experienced" by "Objects" in a "Spinning Structure." * '''Closed Biosphere''' β (See Article 717). A "Self-Sustaining" "Ecological System" "Inside" a "Sealed Volume" with "No" "External Input" "Required" (besides 'Energy'). * '''Biosphere 2''' β (See Article 732). "The Real-World" **"Test"** of a "Sealed Biosphere" in "Arizona" (1991-1993): "Encountered" "COβ Management Issues" but "Taught" "Vital Lessons." * '''Stanford Torus''' β "A 1974" "NASA Design" for a "Ring-Shaped" "Rotating" "Space Habitat" holding **10,000 People.** * '''Island Three''' β (O'Neill). "The Largest" "Proposed" **"O'Neill Cylinder"** "Habitat": "32 km Long," "8 km Diameter," holding "Millions of People." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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