Re:James Webb telescope's coldest instrument reaches operati...
by lazide on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:23PM
(#31074492)
Looking at how crazy many folks get being asked to stay at home, I don’t give high odds to a generation ship of awake humans ever making it intact anyway.
Re:James Webb telescope's coldest instrument reaches operati...
by inkblotuniverse on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:10PM
(#31078743)
Don't worry, they'll be overtaken by a 1kg lump of computers, self-replication machinery, and propellant crewed by sapient AI/digitised humans and offered a pickup. Virtual passengers only, though, sorry...
The dynamics of "generation ships" change drastically with changes in human lifetime, including both the dynamics on board such a ship, but also the motivation to pursue it.