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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 7560943" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>If we can get past what particular label best fits, certainly, the lives of ship dwellers would be extremely constrained. Though, this seems to be an ethical/moral issue rather than a feasibility issue. As a related issue, one of the ways to manage the community would be to flat out lie.</p><p></p><p>But, what if the ship dwellers didn’t have to work: The ship might be highly automated. They would have a lot of leisure time, which they can pursue as they choose, within the scope of what is possible in the ship.</p><p></p><p>When I consider this question, I find myself led to three questions: Can we build a ship that stays functional for the necessary duration, which is likely thousands of years. (I don’t think this is yet demonstrated.) Can we build an ecosystem that can be maintained for the same duration? (Our current durations seem to be measured in single digits of years.). Can we keep passengers crew sane and focused on the mission? (This I have no idea.)</p><p></p><p>I also find myself asking a stronger question: Could a generation ship <em>ever</em> be built? There might be basic problems, say, limits on material reliability, or limits on error free transmissions, which make this impossible.</p><p></p><p>Thx!</p><p>TomB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 7560943, member: 13107"] If we can get past what particular label best fits, certainly, the lives of ship dwellers would be extremely constrained. Though, this seems to be an ethical/moral issue rather than a feasibility issue. As a related issue, one of the ways to manage the community would be to flat out lie. But, what if the ship dwellers didn’t have to work: The ship might be highly automated. They would have a lot of leisure time, which they can pursue as they choose, within the scope of what is possible in the ship. When I consider this question, I find myself led to three questions: Can we build a ship that stays functional for the necessary duration, which is likely thousands of years. (I don’t think this is yet demonstrated.) Can we build an ecosystem that can be maintained for the same duration? (Our current durations seem to be measured in single digits of years.). Can we keep passengers crew sane and focused on the mission? (This I have no idea.) I also find myself asking a stronger question: Could a generation ship [i]ever[/i] be built? There might be basic problems, say, limits on material reliability, or limits on error free transmissions, which make this impossible. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]
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