Researcher exits sealed Biosphere 2 after two-week experiment

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – For the first time in more than three decades, a human was sealed inside a Biosphere 2 facility with nothing but plants to clean the air.

Matthias Beach spent two weeks sealed in SAM, or the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, a 1,100 square-foot facility meant to simulate a spaceship.

“I can’t wait to do it again, believe it or not,” Beach said after exiting the pod…

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