Generation ships and aging.

Flyndaran · 10-14-2015, 09:39 PM

How would, or should, settings deal with the aging problem?
If you start out with a crew in their 20s, in 50 years, nearly everyone will be in their 70s.
Spaceships coasting through space aren't dangerous enough to lower life expectencies, so you'll eventually end up with everyone getting less and less capable and older and older with no room to add more youths.
Curing all age related diseases is an option, but not very realistic and comes with its own major setting issues.

10-14-2015, 09:39 PM	#1
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Generation ships and aging. How would, or should, settings deal with the aging problem? If you start out with a crew in their 20s, in 50 years, nearly everyone will be in their 70s. Spaceships coasting through space aren't dangerous enough to lower life expectencies, so you'll eventually end up with everyone getting less and less capable and older and older with no room to add more youths. Curing all age related diseases is an option, but not very realistic and comes with its own major setting issues. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.