Re: starship-design: Hi, from a newbie

[KellySt@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/13/02 11:45:18 AM, scifox@asylum30.freeserve.co.uk 
writes:

>I did have a question also, sorta to kick it all off.  Does anyone have any
>idea what sort of population base would be required for a collony?  Not just
>for the people, but for the livestock and whathaveyou.  I can see problems
>with genetic diversity and so on, if the starting populations are too small.
>Worse case situation, they may be stuck on that world for good.

Well realistically your probably stuck in the ship, or a space statino, 
rather then on a planet.  Theirs little chance of finding a planet like 
earth, and nearly none that a Earth like planet wouldn't have life forms 
(especialy microbes) too lethal to coexist with.  So your not talking little 
house on the prarie with farms and ranches.  Instead you'ld be living in 
space regardless of any planets anything like earth in the starsystem.

Anthropologists suggest you need a population of millions to have enough 
people to have all the skills and do all the jobs to sustain a complex 
technical society like ours -- much less one living in a starship or space 
platform.  



>My best wishes, and hoping this is not off-topic or anything,

Seems on topic to me.  ;)

Welcom to the group.



>
>Peter

Kelly