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3 unusual facts about Spaceship Earth


Spaceship Earth

The phrase was also popularized by Buckminster Fuller, who published a book in 1968 under the title of Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth.

Spaceship Earth is a world view term usually expressing concern over the use of limited resources available on Earth and encouraging everyone on it to act as a harmonious crew working toward the greater good.

David Deutsch has pointed out that the picture of Earth as a friendly "spaceship" habitat is difficult to defend even in metaphorical sense.


Europa-Park

Located inside a large geodesic sphere structure, similar to Spaceship Earth at Walt Disney World's Epcot.


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