Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship [book review]

universetoday.com ^ | 11 Aug , 2017 | Mark Mortimer

[GingisK]

This would be my ship and only those beautiful women I choose to go with me. No other questions need to pondered or asked.

[wally_bert]

The Starlost series comes to mind.

[Puppage]

[Does so]

Excellent series and concept. ‘Wish it’d been continued.

[Telepathic Intruder]

To live in space, humans will basically need to create artificial ecosystems that duplicate all the conditions necessary for life, but on a small scale. It won’t be able to handle extinction events like a large one can. One failure and it’s doomed.

[bigmak007]

Or one Muslim on board and it’s doomed...

[GraceG]

[ To live in space, humans will basically need to create artificial ecosystems that duplicate all the conditions necessary for life, but on a small scale. It won’t be able to handle extinction events like a large one can. One failure and it’s doomed. ]

You can store seeds and extra food supplies to get you by in case you have the artificial bio-sphere have an ecological collapse. Ideally you could have several ships flying in formation ( keeping about 50,000 miles distance between each one ) and have them so they can are running at say 75% capacity for 5 ships so you can always evacuate one ship to the others while you re-pair / fix the broken ship.

but yeah, it is hard to take shelter underground if there is no “underground”, though if you are using ships built into small asteroids you could be fairly robust.

[Red Badger]

[bar sin·is·ter]

What is it with sci-fi, advanced technology... and robes?

[Red Badger]

They are cheap.......................

[sparklite2]

That book sounds like a real POS, written by Gaia-loving asteroid huggers.

[bar sin·is·ter]

"Obi Wan... where did you get those fine robes?"

"We make it for him Jedi round eye!"

[sparklite2]

I thought the same thing. And whatever’s in that pocket, I don’t want to know.

[Nifster]

Isn’t that what earth is?

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

The SPICE MUST FLOW..................

[bar sin·is·ter]

"Your nipples are showing my dear...."

[Hot Tabasco]

I can see the possibility of advanced propulsion systems but I think the major obstacle would be creating artificial gravity.......

I don't think the human body could survive in a non gravity environment for a life span.........

[Red Badger]