mhornberger t1_j2nebn4 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM

I'm not even entirely comfortable with the ethics of having children born on dangerous interstellar voyages. I can accept if people become pregnant along the way, or embarked on a voyage while pregnant. But to store embryos to restock the new world, like they're corn or tins of coffee, seems... off to me, somehow. These babies are being treated as stockpiles of raw materials with which to build a new world.

I'm much more comfortable with the first few voyages being entirely automated. And with robots and whatnot pre-building housing, energy production, and other infrastructure, so people just show up and move in.

joostjakob t1_j2nihv9 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 5:27 PM

The children wouldn't be born until there is a viable colony though

mhornberger t1_j2niofk wrote on January 2, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Possibly. Other models have generation ships.

UniversalMomentum t1_j2p7czt wrote on January 3, 2023 at 12:03 AM

The dude said put a human brain in a machine and bring embryos. Where is all this taking colonies of living humans coming from?

It's like instead of reading and imagining as asked you just defaulted back to standard 1960s giant generational spaceship ideas.

It's fun to get in your 2 cents, but it's nice if ppl can read and stay on topic a little.

TYO_HXC t1_j2rj9rz wrote on January 3, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Because that's exactly what those embryos would be.