Leeward Space Foundation will work with like minded groups

--- In spacesettlers, sraj wrote:

> Setting up habs on the moon looks like a great idea.
> The idea of rotating tethers also looks exciting. But
> my feeling is that we should first invest money and
> find out how a colony of say 1000 people could survive
> in the middle of the Shara Desert with limited inputs
> of oil, water, etc.
>
> (Unless of course someone can prove that surviving on
> the Moon will be easier than surviving in the middle of
> the Shara Desert)

Sounds good to me. I'd even suggest starting smaller than
that, with say a hundred people. Allow cameras and get a
TV network to foot the bill. It would be like a cross
between Survivor, Panic Room, and Kid Nation.

Except not as dumb.