I noted that also: The people in the astronomy section, the Space Medics and "Mr. Smith of Manchester" all seem to be aware that their is a greater population on the Ark but purposefully remain isolated and don't venture beyond their particular sections -- I wonder if maybe this wasn't a continuity error due to the writers not understanding Ellison's series bible and just producing random stories with no regard for his original premise. Which states that ALL of the surviving inhabitants had forgotten they were on the ship and regard tales of Earth in the same way we regard tales of Atlantis. So either these people who are aware they are on the Ark just don't care, or the writers screwed up.
I was just reading Ellison's foreward to the novelization of "Phoenix Without Ashes" and he implies that the producers were commissioning the scripts before his bible had even been finished. They really did screw everything up, it should have been an amazing show, as it turned out it's merely offbeat & fascinating, often in a bad sort of way but still fascinating.
Some of the domes might have still remembered the true nature of the Ark, but were unable to do anything about it because they didn't have access. Remember, the keys to open the tube doors were not common possessions. Devon had them, but others - including, apparently, Mr Smith From Manchester - did not.
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