<div class="gmail_quote">On 18 October 2012 12:44, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div>Large interstellar ships the size of cities which take many<br>
generations to arrive at the nearest star are one often considered<br>
option. The main problem I see is persuading that many people that<br>
that is the way they want themselves and their descendents to live.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>Mmhhh, life on a starship need not be so much less pleasant than life on a planet. Even though I suspect that the idea of having passengers suspended or in "slow time" will always make more sense to limit the mass to be taken around...<br>
<br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>