Timeline for Travelling in space for 6000 years, how many persons are needed? [closed]
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| May 8, 2018 at 17:50 | vote | accept | antweg | ||
| May 8, 2018 at 14:44 | comment | added | Burki | I second the claim that this question is too broad and thus voted to close. But since you already got some decent answers, you should be able to create a better version, specifying some detail, and in return find that the people around here provide excellent answers for well-formed questions :-) Oh, and welcome to Worldbuilding! | |
| May 8, 2018 at 14:42 | history | closed |
L.Dutch♦ Flummox uses codidact.com Ash Vincent Burki |
Needs more focus | |
| May 8, 2018 at 12:51 | comment | added | user535733 | This seems very similar to many other colony-in-a-bottle-for-a-long-time questions, and has a similarly easy-but-unsatisfying answer: It depends upon the culture you want at the far end. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 12:00 | comment | added | Ash | Possible duplicate of What is the minimum human population necessary for a sustainable colony? | |
| May 8, 2018 at 11:58 | answer | added | Blade Wraith | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:47 | comment | added | Rekesoft | @Raditz_35 Upfff! I upvoted your answer without realizing it was you. :p | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:43 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | @antweg Thanks for accepting my answer, but an answered question means people are not as willing to discuss it. Someone might find a flaw with my answer, someone might come with a better one, so give it say 24 hours (so people all over the globe are able to answer) | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:42 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Also note you can (actually it is advised to) wait at least 24 before accepting an answer, so that the entire worldwide community can have a chance or reading and answering your question. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:41 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | @Rekesoft Yes, exactly, however I don't think this is what he was aiming for, hence a comment for him to reconsider if he asks the correct question. I went for a different kind of answer, see below. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:40 | vote | accept | antweg | ||
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| May 8, 2018 at 10:39 | comment | added | Rekesoft | @Raditz_35 You should post that comment as an answer. If survavility is the goal, the problems with endogamy would not be that severe to risk it. A small group of a few dozens would make it just fine, even if all their descendants are lactose-intolerant or have a strong tendency to became bald before 40. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:32 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 8, 2018 at 10:29 | answer | added | Raditz_35 | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:22 | vote | accept | antweg | ||
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| May 8, 2018 at 10:22 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Present day technology cannot go past few months in LEO. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:21 | vote | accept | antweg | ||
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| May 8, 2018 at 10:20 | comment | added | antweg | The story is based on today's technology and you don't have to worry about food and other resources-I have that planned out. All I want to know is how many people would be necessary so the crew could survive during these years without complications. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:13 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Welcome to worldbuilding. Please note that as it is now your question is too broad and simply unanswerable. We need to know which technologies are present on the ship to make a call. With Space Shuttle or LEM like tech the entire population of Earth would not be enough, as they would be quickly dead. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:09 | answer | added | Nick | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 8, 2018 at 10:06 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | Almost any number is fine really, my guess is smaller than what you will need to operate your ship (within most stories, assuming it's not fully automated). The downsides of incest are not as dramatic as one might think. Historically earth was populated by very small groups of people. Some so-called "lost tribes" have been surviving for much longer than that with incredibly small group sizes at times. Also, that far into the future, you can assume we can do some genetic engineering. Perhaps you want to ask instead about other things, e.g. what would be socially acceptable. | |
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| May 8, 2018 at 9:56 | history | asked | antweg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |