A generation ship is a hypothetical spacecraft designed for long-term interstellar travel, potentially lasting centuries. The concept involves an initial crew living, reproducing, and dying aboard the ship, with their descendants continuing the journey.
Originally conceived by US rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard, this enormous space ark is an enclosed, self-sustaining world with its own ecosystem, designed to meet all the needs of its crew as they travel for centuries or even millennia to their destination.
Equipped with agriculture, habitation, and life-support systems, these ships are intended to ensure survival across multiple generations.
Project Hyperion is part of a study aimed at assessing the feasibility of crewed interstellar flight using current and near-future technologies and hoping to guide future research and technology development while educating the public on the logistics and potential of interstellar travel. READ MORE...
