# Biosphere 2:  What Went Wrong and Why

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biosphere-2-what-went-wrong-and-why/308797>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biosphere-2-what-went-wrong-and-why/308797 "2005-06-18T07:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biosphere-2-what-went-wrong-and-why/308797/21 "2005-06-23T02:25:56Z")

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Just wash the dang windows. Windows are part of the greenhouse thing. If washing them wasn’t included on the original design/maintenance protocol, methinks an engineer might like to get off his duffer and have a looksee at the Real World. Pissed off at this simple obvious oversight.

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