From: C.A. Cook (coreycook12_at_email.msn.com)
Date: 10/05/98
Message-ID: <002a01bdf07c$b24c55c0$ccb9fed0@pavilion> From: "C.A. Cook" <coreycook12_at_email.msn.com> Subject: Re: Construction of first sphere Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:24:16 -0500
Patrick Salsbury wrote:
> I'm glad to see such enthusiasm! And I agree that we do seem to be
>getting closer to an actual starting point. I'm a bit wary of the
>"chasing funding" trap, though. As noted before, there have been several
>other attempts that have fallen flat because people go chasing money,
>get some money, and spend that trying to chase bigger money. I'm much more
>of the mind to get a few guys & gals with SCUBA skills, a boat or two, and
>some space to set up some solar-cells running electrodeposition on some
>submerged frames. As we get things running, and actually get something
>floating, we can "grow" the whole operation while we grow the hulls.
Hey, count me in! I havn't any scuba skills (kansas is a bit too dry), but
if you need
cheap labour, I'm unemployed right now and willing to work. If all our
peices are, say,
the snap together type, extensive underwater welding wouldn't be needed.
For funding, I think we might be able to build the first couple on contract
for someone
else, then use that money to build our own. A warehouse in international
waters will
be worth it's weight in gold, so I'm sure we can find _someone_ to
underwrite it.
> I have considered approaching the Monterrey Bay Aquarium about this,
>even if just for some technical info and people to talk with.
Maybe you could ask them something that's been bugging me. I really think
that
we should either do an ecological study of the area before we start, or have
our
construction site be somewhere that's already been studied. This way we can
compare before and afters, and reduce the risk of an unplanned ecological
disaster.
Corey A. Cook