(In wondering why anyone would Atlantis as a place to put a colony, Kiri comes up for the first time with the idea of assigning us the project of where would we establish a colony if we had to make that decision.) 

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Kiri: we're almost at the end there aren’t we?

Skip: yeah I think so darling.

Russ: now wait a minute, here’s another point for you to consider. Why would anybody want to set up a very large civilization on a continent with crustal instabilities unless you had perhaps something that would be attracting you to put a civilization there?

Kiri: or a colony there.

Russ: or a colony there.

Kiri: okay that brings up some very good points. Now okay, let’s give you another little project, one that's going to be for a month okay? I want you to plan the colonization of your planet. Where would be the ideal place now to colonize? Now remember it’s got to have a good food supply, good climate, good mineral supply, safe environment, stability, it’s got to be situated somewhere where the growing season is going to be long enough but there’s got to be enough precipitation to aid in the growing process. What I want you guys to do is to write out a full…..or not a full write out……but make a full explanation on an area that you would colonize on a barren…..not on a barren planet……on a planet that is your planet and there is nobody on your planet.

Russ: how big is this colony?

Kiri: let’s say….

Russ: give me a number of people I can work with.

Kiri: let’s say 10,000 people.

Russ: 10,000, okay.

Kiri: enough of a logistical problem to give you some headaches. You’ve got to find a location that would be ideally suited for a colony. You got to take everything into consideration. Climate, land, weather, food supply, water supply, mineral supply, agricultural supply, accessibility, inaccessibility, defense, everything.

Russ: why, is there other tribes out there trying to take you over or something?

Kiri: no, it’s a colonization of a planet. Anything external….

(At that point the tape ends)