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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 7562311" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Nothing is a 100 %. The generation ship has to live with that.</p><p></p><p>Including the possibility that some people don't want to use contraception and rather churn out kids. But there will also be some that don't want kids and rather focus on their career. </p><p></p><p>There are obviously ways to incentivize not having too many kids. For example, everyone gets a child support voucher. So a couple can get child support for two kids. If they meet someone that doesn't want children, he or she might give them their child support voucher. </p><p></p><p>That doesn't mean that people with less child support vouchers will have to starve or anything - just that it's much more comfortable to have only as many children as you have vouchers available. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even without innovation crops can fail. Innovation can make sure that the crops don't fail again. </p><p>Fundamentally, you have to be prepare for the unexpected, because you're flying around for centuries. If you don't have supplies and procedures that can let you survive a few failed crops, a few hull breaches, a few reactors breaking down, a few engines blowing up, a computer crashing, a disease outbreak, and so on, then your generation ship <em>will fail</em>. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I wasn't discussing a crew of 2,000. I am discussing what would be neccessary for a generaton ship, and if we decide that we need a crew of 10,000, then we need a crew of 10,000.</p><p></p><p>I am actually believing that it's more likely we need a crew of a few millions at least, and a ship that has roughly the size, shape mass and composition of the 3rd planet in the solar system. Or maybe the entire solar system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 7562311, member: 710"] Nothing is a 100 %. The generation ship has to live with that. Including the possibility that some people don't want to use contraception and rather churn out kids. But there will also be some that don't want kids and rather focus on their career. There are obviously ways to incentivize not having too many kids. For example, everyone gets a child support voucher. So a couple can get child support for two kids. If they meet someone that doesn't want children, he or she might give them their child support voucher. That doesn't mean that people with less child support vouchers will have to starve or anything - just that it's much more comfortable to have only as many children as you have vouchers available. Even without innovation crops can fail. Innovation can make sure that the crops don't fail again. Fundamentally, you have to be prepare for the unexpected, because you're flying around for centuries. If you don't have supplies and procedures that can let you survive a few failed crops, a few hull breaches, a few reactors breaking down, a few engines blowing up, a computer crashing, a disease outbreak, and so on, then your generation ship [I]will fail[/I]. I wasn't discussing a crew of 2,000. I am discussing what would be neccessary for a generaton ship, and if we decide that we need a crew of 10,000, then we need a crew of 10,000. I am actually believing that it's more likely we need a crew of a few millions at least, and a ship that has roughly the size, shape mass and composition of the 3rd planet in the solar system. Or maybe the entire solar system. [/QUOTE]
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