Passing down skills and ideas needed for the mission to survive and succeed over multiple generations is a very hard task. A group of skilled and motivated peo

Passing down skills and ideas needed for the mission to survive and succeed over multiple generations is a very hard task. A group of skilled and motivated people who spend a small percentage of their lives on a ship, is going to be very different from a group that is trapped in a small town for generations. My estimate would be that the mission to succeed is going to need 10-100x more people on generational ship compared to a transport ship. (million vs tens of thousands.)