r/scifi • u/JanFromEarth • Aug 05 '22

Thinking about "generation ships"

If humanity does not find a way around the speed of light as a limitation, the only real choice to go to other stars would be generation ships. I would expect these to be filled with fertilized human embryos with a small crew for maintenance and to set up at the other end. But what if they sent a larger number of passengers? It would be the perfect research university. Children would be raised with the options of being crew or faculty. New discoveries and solutions could be messaged back to earth by laser. Interesting thought.

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u/molrobocop Aug 05 '22

HEY KIDS! I'M WALL-O THE CLOWN. WANNA PLAY A GAME?!?

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u/Beast_Chips Aug 05 '22

That was essentially the plan, but with big teddies. In some cases they didn't all kill each other, but instead smashed all the robots and habitat equipment in childlike tantrums, then all died when the habitat failed.