The building, automobile and airplane are all micro-climates constrained by the umbilical cord of Earth’s atmosphere. A space station is just the same, however, unconstrained. Humanity will live in outer space but will not survive there. The technological advancements required to construct artificial environments present humans with a god complex. Elements, compounds and invisible forces - natural to Earth - sanction bodily existence and permit the sole freedoms that humanity denies. Air is a necessity to respiration and, as of yet, is not controlled economically. Surviving in a space station is the equivalent to spending one’s livelihood on an airplane. The pilots are entrusted to maintain a healthy oxygen level, air pressure and temperature, and provide nourishment which cannot be grown independently. Humans will perish when their survival rests on other humans - or in euphemistic terms - artificiality.








