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Generation ship

A generation ship, generation starship, or world ship is a hypothetical type of interstellar ark, a multi-generational space habitat and starship.

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Generation ship

Nodes42
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Avg. degree1.95
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Generation ship

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related to External links · 32
Generation ship → Andreas, April, Archived, August, Brief, Centauri Dreams, David, Dissemination, February, Generation Starships, Gilster, Gollancz, Greg Matloff, Hein, Icarus Interstellar, Idea, Imagining, Interview, Langford, London
related to Project Hyperion · 20
Generation ship → An, Andreas, December, ESA Interstellar Workshop, ESA's Acta Futura, Hein, Initiative, Interstellar Studies, It, Italian Chrysalis, July, Malaysian Systema Stellare Proximum, Munich, Notable, Polish WFP Extreme, Project Hyperion, Results, Technical University, The, WARR
related to Biology and society · 10
Generation ship → Anthropologist John Moore, Cameron Smith, Estimates, Generation, However, If, In, Moore's, Smith, Smith's
related to Definition · 10
Generation ship → According, Alan Bond, Astronomy Magazine, Centauri, Gregory Matloff's, Hein, Several, Slow Boat, The Enzmann, These
related to Social breakdown · 10
Generation ship → Algis Budrys, Brian Aldiss's Non-Stop, Budrys, Changes, Generation, Heinlein's Orphans, Robert, Sky, Starship, This
related to Ethical considerations · 4
Generation ship → Earth, Even, Neil Levy, The
related to Destination · 1
Generation ship → The

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ship generation interstellar would world ships population project starship generations spacecraft space system earth also crew could minimum may thousands

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life support systemsinstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
wall thickness.The study also concluded that a world ship would need an automatic fail detectioninstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
self-repair systeminstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
to be reliable enough for its missioninstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
preventing failures from having catastrophic effects.Project HyperionProject Hyperioninstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
launched in December 2011 by Andreas Minstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
preventing failures from having catastrophic effectsinstance ofthat covers in-depth aspects0.80text
Moore'sinstance ofSmith's numbers were much larger than previous estimates0.80text
in part because Smith takes the risk of accidentsinstance ofSmith's numbers were much larger than previous estimates0.80text
disease into considerationinstance ofSmith's numbers were much larger than previous estimates0.80text
and assumes at least one severe population catastrophe over the course of a 150-year journey.In light of the multiple generations that it could take to reach even our nearest neighboring star systems such as Proxima Centauriinstance ofSmith's numbers were much larger than previous estimates0.80text
further issues on the viability of such interstellar arks includeinstance ofSmith's numbers were much larger than previous estimates0.80text

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