Interstellar Ark

February 19, 2007 | Source: Strange Paths

“There are three strategies to travel 10.5 light-years from Earth to Epsilon Eridani and bring humanity into a new stellar system:

1) Wait for future discovery of Star Trek physics and go there almost instantaneously

2) Build a relativistic rocket powered by antimatter and go there in 22 years by accelerating constantly at 1g, provided that you master stellar amounts of energy

3): Go there by classical means, by building a gigantic Ark of several miles in radius, propulsed by nuclear fusion and featuring artificial gravity, oceans and cities, for a travel of seven centuries — where many generations of men and women would live.

Also see “Lifeboat Foundation Ark I