It is ironic that headlines like these were one of the main reasons it went "horribly wrong". It seemed to be going great and providing lots of useful data before the media branded it a failure.
I remember this being in the news but I especially remember the comedy movie that was very loosely based on the real experiment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWikCCfHJw
Quite interesting that such a huge space was still not enough to sustain eight people. Starting with Oxygen.
Makes me wonder what our footprint in the full ecosystem actually is.
Wow this sounds incredible. Part of me would love to try something like this. The Wikipedia article has more information on their struggles and is a fascinating read.