Maybe Melfy could sell the telescope, and put the proceeds of the sale into an actual model of his (in)famous geodesic dome panel joints!

Wait, that will take a LOT of telescope sales, won't it?


Kurt's idea was just that, an idea that would not work, vis.

quote Ron Darby
Then Kurt and I brainstormed up to the day I left (behind Nancy's back) about ideas to modify the design to make it more producible. There were many times that Kurt really liked and wanted to incorporate my ideas but when Nancy learned the source she vetoed them. A couple months before I left any real work on the design had been discontinued and Kurt spent his time doing the only thing that he really know how to do, which was to use an old satellite dish as the platform to construct a model so photos could be produced and the floor plan could be shown.”
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