12 ms·
The problem with generation ships is we assume we can just "zip" all knowledge and technology and ship it via a generation ship and "unzip"/bootstrap at destina
by raducu 5y ago
The problem with generation ships is we assume we can just "zip" all knowledge and technology and ship it via a generation ship and "unzip"/bootstrap at destination.
I'm sure we are absolutely not capable to do that now. Maybe with AI.
But we haven't done that with our Moon and that's not even a few lightseconds away.
- PeterisP 5y agoWe certainly can "zip" enough knowledge and technology to match Earth as it was in year 1000 (and almost certainly year 1900) and as experience shows, it's sufficient to build up in a millenium or two i.e. very tiny amount of time on that scale.