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Summerroll t1_j224iub wrote

The technology doesn't exist.

Heck, the knowledge we would need to start to think about what kind of future technological breakthroughs would be necessary for generational ships doesn't even exist!

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gatsby365 t1_j22s3cg wrote

Imagine trying to draft the regulations for conduct on a fucking generational ship. What’s the breeding process? Are we exporting eugenics to outer space? How many kids does each crew member get to have? How many kids do those first kids get to have? Who decides how the education is done for the next generation? Who decides what roles can be created as the culture on the ship evolves? Are we exporting a fucking caste system to space?

I don’t know how I keep winding up in “Generational Ship” conversations on this site, but goddamn the tech is not the only question you people need to be spitballing.

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