Generation Ships

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Originally Posted by Sindri

You think propulsion systems will be a major focus?

In a word, yes.

While a generation ship society will have had to accept that it is in for a long journey this won't make them automaticaly adverse to the odd short cut. Think of the lure of you or at least your children reaching journey's end rather than living out their lives on a ship that is at the end of the day a disaster waiting to happen. Motive enough for running a few simulations of how you might get a bit more out of the engines?

The other reason I think that it might grab a fair bit of attention is the presence of a few generations of engineers probably including a few propulsion specialists. Research is not actualy a bad way to keep people occupied and more than a few are almost certainly going to 'go with what they know' and start looking at engine technology.