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« Reply #60 on: June 17, 2018, 01:08:29 am »

https://www.universetoday.com/139456/whats-the-minimum-number-of-people-you-should-send-in-a-generational-ship-to-proxima-centauri/amp/
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« Reply #61 on: June 17, 2018, 11:10:32 am »

To prevent serious imbreeding most can travel as frozen eggs and sperm.
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« Reply #62 on: June 17, 2018, 11:51:00 am »

To prevent serious imbreeding most can travel as frozen eggs and sperm.

There is this, but also having a functioning crew on arrival is important, since the trip will span several lifetimes (or generations... "generation ship").

Hypersleep is out, since that would null the entire premise of the story, and androids seem to be unavailable with the given tech.

A genetic databank (frozen eggs and sperm) seems like something that wouldn't really be relevant during interim space, and possibly a point of destruction during the major mutiny that was outlined as a major plot point. Also-- it could be that a genetic databank was considered by mission planners, and dismissed for reasons of human psychology.
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« Reply #63 on: August 06, 2018, 09:00:38 am »

"Pandorum" film have some interesting perspective. Not about generation ship (well, not intended to be generation), but still centuries-long colonization mission.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/
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« Reply #64 on: September 02, 2018, 04:59:54 pm »

"Paradises Lost" is also about an Colony Ship and has an interesting premise: what if the generation after the first traveller doesn't want to leave the ship? It has also a very realistic portrait of an onboard religion (as realistic as it gets, I think), which reminded me of the Church of Elect.

It's a good and fast read, but sadly there doesn't seem to be an english release outside of an anthology. But if you can read german, you can still buy copies from the publisher Atlantis Verlag.

Link to goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32797521-paradises-lost

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« Reply #65 on: September 06, 2018, 06:25:07 am »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_(2009_film)

This was decent, they did a lot without a big budget. Has an aesthetic similar to the first alien movie, workaday and blue-collar.
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« Reply #66 on: September 18, 2018, 05:26:20 pm »

"NASA Study Provides New Hope That Life Could Survive on Proxima B, Our Closest Known Exoplanet"

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-nasa-led-study-says-proxima-b-might-still-have-an-ocean-despite-flares
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« Reply #67 on: November 05, 2018, 01:45:59 pm »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_(2009_film)

This was decent, they did a lot without a big budget. Has an aesthetic similar to the first alien movie, workaday and blue-collar.

A bit cheesy, and the twist is obvious early, but okay.

I liked the second-in-command's dialogue:
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« Reply #68 on: November 06, 2018, 08:28:25 am »

Prospect! Space thriller with mostly(?) practical effects:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-to-get-rich-in-space-according-to-new-sci-fi-1830130720



I saw the space suits and was sold.
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« Reply #69 on: November 06, 2018, 09:58:52 am »

Sold as well Approve
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« Reply #70 on: October 20, 2020, 05:38:10 am »

This may be relevant https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time
There is ark an ship going to a planet already occupied by unfriendly locals. Religious cult & loss of technical knowledge included.
All the ark ship related stuff is about what one would expect, but the author's ideas about alien psychology seem more interesting. Aliens are not humanoid though.

There is also a sequel featuring ocean planet with different species on it but its more of a traditional sci-fi.
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