The terranauts
By: T.C. Boyle
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780062349408
Subjects: Closed ecological systems (Space environment); Fiction
Description: Sealed inside a glass enclosure designed as a prototype for a possible off-Earth colony, eight Terranauts in the 1990s Arizona desert test their skills in five biome environments that they must protect from skeptics who would sabotage the mission.

1994. In the desert near Tillman, Arizona, forty miles from Tucson, a grand experiment involving the future of humanity is underway. As climate change threatens the earth, eight scientists, four men and four women dubbed the "Terranauts," have been selected to live under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. Closely monitored by an all-seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous publicity stunt. The Terranauts face increased scrutiny and a host of disasters, both natural and of their own making.