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mindofdarkness t1_j229tru wrote

Reply to comment by PercsNBeer in I have a question about generational ships. by bigmikemcbeth756

The feasible part is the fictional part. Unfortunately real spacefaring has to deal with any problem that could happen, not just the ones the writers researched and thought were interesting enough to include.

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gatsby365 t1_j22senw wrote

Like, who has authority over things like breeding & family patterns. Just because you can technically build a generational ship doesn’t guarantee it will last more than 2-3 generations before descending into outright civil war.

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