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I'd rather predict 3) A spaceship large enough and self-sufficient enough that many generations of society can live and die on the spaceship at sub-light speeds
by jkaplowitz 6y ago
I'd rather predict 3) A spaceship large enough and self-sufficient enough that many generations of society can live and die on the spaceship at sub-light speeds. Not the flashy sci-fi solution, but the most likely.
- sli 6y agoIt's not flashy, sure, but sci-fi is no stranger to generation ships.
- ruslan 6y ago"Orphans of the Sky" by R.Heinlein, very much recommended read.
- hahajk 6y agoOh man, take it from someone who has been in the Navy: that’ll have to be one gigantic and well-functioning spaceship.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoHell is other people. Which also explains why hibernation or some other kind of suspended animation also frequently appears in SF stories multi-generation-spanning ships.
- marcosdumay 6y agoThere's no reason a space ship can not have dozens of km in radius. That's a small asteroid, what looks like the most obvious thing to repurpose into one.