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>working on at minimum a 105 year mission Cathedral building in the middle-ages was a multi-generational 80+ year affair and some of the Pyramids took even lon
by corford 11y ago
>working on at minimum a 105 year mission
Cathedral building in the middle-ages was a multi-generational 80+ year affair and some of the Pyramids took even longer IIRC. So societies were/are definitely capable of working on ~100 year missions :)
- jimmcslim 11y agoOr the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona for a contemporary and in-progress example. Maybe a generation ship needs to have some sort of 'cathedral-in-the-sky' religion connotation in order for us to commit to building it. Sounds like an interesting idea for a sci-fi plot!