SSI Activity

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> The goal of the simulation I had in mind would be to provide as strong
> a picture as possible of the resources we would need to provide to
> establish and maintain a lunar settlement, with adjustments to the
> simulation being made as different technogies are assumed or proved to
> be usable for extraction of lunar resources to improve the
> self-sufficency of the settlement. Ideally, such a simulation should
> be able to provide us with a good idea of what technologies would give
> us the most "bang for the buck" resource-wise and might help us
> prioritize our research. The interface as I had been imagining it
> would have been a blah text interface or a rudimentary GUI, but with
> your background we could build some really nice images and turn it
> into a fun advocacy tool as well.
>
> BTW, for any of these ideas, I fully admit to being in the early
> stages of learning what's already out there, so all these could
> already be done and I just haven't found it yet.

This sounds like a pretty ambitious project, so if you could do it that
would be pretty cool. I suspect it might be a lot easier if you break
it down into more manageable components - for example, it might be good
to start with a simulation of oxygen cycles inside an enclosed space
and go from there.

Let me know how this goes - if you get into this and define the problem
more clearly, it might be something I'd like to spend some time on.

For now I think I'll try to concentrate on creating some nice
renderings to update the look of the SSI website. Mike, would you be at
all interested in giving the website a facelift too if I could help
with the design? Or do you think that that would that be too big a
task?

Cheers,
Vince