Dream Team

So, since I can't seem to do this all on my own; I've begun to re-think how I go about this. To date, my plan has to teach myself Architectural Engineering, with a sprinkle of aerospace thrown in for the futuristic materials design of course... not at all because flying things are just *fun* :) But, after looking at the epic amount of time it's going to take to get me my degree taking only night classes I'm finding that I'm not sure that I want to wait that long to start the work necessary to develop this concept. Carpe Diem.

Go figure. To be a Dad, College Student, and hold down a successful full time job isn't enough for me. Lets add building the GaiaShip all at the same time. Oh and I'm still simmering on the Restaurant, but that's becoming a 'boot-strap' option. "The restaurant business is too risky!" Ugh... not in my estimation but with the credit crunch and collapsing economy people are getting stingy with capital.

So, due to a long remembered axiom from my business classes & training - if you don't have the skills yourself, don't be afraid to pay someone else to get them - if it's preventing you from moving the business forward. Result: I'm going to hire the team I need!

Where's the cash going to come from? Good question!

I figure there's a little bit of 'infrastructure spending' on the horizon. (Couple More Links) So now, with the possibility of a bit of government economic intervention, a popular mandate from *both* sides of this years contenders, and a bit of luck; I'll have a bit of cash to put together a team of designers, engineers, architects and a small army of CAD developers.

OK - so that begs the question - WHO do I need?

First requirement - must be interested in Sustainability. That buzzword really gets thrown around a lot these days... but I'm talking 95% or better closed loop waste & water cycles locally to obviate the requirement of a global footprint for the modern lifestyle.

Second... well that's when we differentiate, though LEED certification for most of them would help. I'm not terribly interested in the actual certification though. Rather I like the idea that the candidate would be aware of today's standards even though I'm going to push for developing tomorrows.

1. Structural Design & Architecture
   
2. Waste-Water Engineer (With emphasis on Bio Engines)
   
3. Electrical Engineers who can design a distributed power plant.
   
4. Recycling (Municipal Waste) Engineers
• Thermal Depolymerization (human biomass conversion)
• Alternate Paths for *most* waste streams - no landfill allowed (except for toxic chemicals)
5. Small Army of CAD flingers!
   
6. Computer Network Engineer (Design & Implement - Open source software Advocate required)
7. Lawyer to handle the government interaction
8. Accountant & Business Finance - running the business and organizing multiple diverse revenue streams
   

I've got lunch with a couple of recruiters on Monday. I'm really looking forward to learning a bit more about these folks job descriptions, going pay rates, and years of experience I can expect.

(Gods that's a small army of people... outsource FTW)

Space Living Now

OK, to put it bluntly... I'm a wannabe space-geek. But not 'space' as it is today...

The Shuttle-truck
The International Space Can... er Station
Private sub-orbital roller coasters


I'm a space fanatic with more a leaning towards moon-base... asteroid belt mining... space colonies... and the ultimate in solar system wide civilization... the dyson sphere.

But... to get to the 'space' I want, We have to *live* in space. Not visit... not claim.... but call home that non-planetary void delineated by the oort cloud.

And to learn to live in space, we have to engineer the recycling and re-use systems right here on earth. We have to learn to bring in resources... and re-use most of them on-site.

This 'self-containment' and the ultimate goal of enabling a space based civilization is at the heart and soul of the Gaiaship concept. We figure out how to do this !here! and then we'll know how to do it !there!.

Dream big... and remember the end goal... save the species. ;p

(I've always been told that the best entrepreneur always wants to save or change the world for the better. I think I found my 'Entre'. )

Buzzword Mania

Leed
Green
Eco
(and all it's deriviatives)
recycle
reuse
re-animate (er... wait)

Head down (Ass Up)

So I've gone kinda incog lately... the new job, life in general and school starting back kinda makes the time fly...

That said... I've discovered the addiction that is an RSS reader (google reader FTW). I found that the offered defaults just didn't hold water for me. So I've been on a crusade to find new blogs & data sources to peruse... OMG there's a lot out there. I'm still vetting the wheat from the chaff but soon I'll have those wonderful link-lists running down the side of this blog showing where I'm currently gleaning and absorbing. Stay tuned.

If you have suggestions that further the discussion here - PLEASE post in the response feeds you're into.