Whewould you hide?

> JW, yeah, my frustration index has been climbing apace with the seeming disinterest in what MUST be our nearly sole source of salvation on this planet, namely getting off it! I simply don't know what to do about it. If I had money, I'd be tempted to build a kevlar wrapped styrofoam cylinder, strap on a couple of solid fuel boosters, float it to the top of the atmosphere with an array of super-pressure helium ballons and put my own habitat into orbit. Sadly, however, you don't do something like that on SS disability income. I DON'T know why SOMEONE with as much frustration as me and a whole lot more money hasn't done just that...there's simply GOT to be a way. The obstacle just aren't THAT insurmountable that with a little bit of thought and some creative engineering we could DO something along that line, or something equally simple.
> Victor

I spend half my time thinking of space and ideas to get us going, and the other half on 'what to actually do'. The recent idea I had was getting ISS to start collecting meteors for processing. Similar to this, except without the solar sail. http://alglobus.net/NASAwork/papers/AsterAnts/paper.html And I've thought of trying to influence the National Space Society to make it a priority for them. (Since I don't even really know where to start if I wanted to influence NASA directly.) If you have any ideas let it out!
Brooks