Funding a research habitat the condominium way (and : The three challenges)

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, Joe Strout wrote:
> A better approach, IMHO, would be to build an enclosed city in, say, Nevada

Hmmm. That sounds familiar. Oh yeah, that's right:

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--- In ssi_list, Joe Strout wrote:
> On Apr 23, 2008, at 11:47 AM, hitssquad wrote:
> > For Stage-2, the simulated-isolation stage, I was thinking of
> > the High Desert in Nevada. Maybe Colorado would be a better
> > choice, since it is closer to space.
> I happen to live in Colorado. Such a domed city would never
> catch on here
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> and try to compete with Las Vegas for gambling and tourism revenue.

I heard five families own, and control, Vegas. I would guess the entire state is almost as corrupt. Sure, there *is* Reno, but Nevada might not want more competition with its cash cow than that.

> Who exactly would fund such a project is unclear

We might recall that in my own similar proposal, the residents themselves would fund it buy buying condominium space and paying monthly owner-association dues based on the space-values of what they owned.