The Strategic Area sections have been updated with our goals for 2008, and they are also included below:

• Community
  • Become one of our registered users, and visit our discussion boards.
  • Work on Distributed Research Projects.
  • Donate to The Seasteading Institute.
  • Investigate jobs and volunteer opportunities.
  • Add information to the wiki.
  • Spread the word about seasteading through blog posts, articles, and links, especially those that reach a diverse audience.
• Engineering
  • Design PintStead (demonstrates stable flotation)
  • Build AquariumStead (demonstrates stable flotation)
  • Build PoolStead (demonstrates ballast control, stability, mobility, mating/synchronization)
  • Hire a Director of Engineering
  • Do conceptual design for seasteads (entire series, from baystead up to full ocean-going seasteads).  Figure out key issues - materials, shape, etc.
  • ? Design/Build Baystead (PoolStead equivalent for bay, can hold 1 person).
  • Complete design for CoastStead, be ready to build it 2009.
• Research
  • Hire full-time Chief Scientist, and obtain grants for research related to our mission (any of the zillion ways to make better technology for permanent ocean settlements).
  • Establish Distributed Research Program for supplemental research (described below).
  • Finish the Book Beta, self-publish it w/ POD, and look for a real publisher for the next version.
  • Establish a Scientific Advisory Board of experts in the many fields related to seasteading.
  • Perform basic political feasibility study to learn about international maritime law and how it affects us.