The Pentagon is looking at designing a Generation Starship? Cool!
Why?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/07/10035158-skipper-chosen-for-starship-effort
Hate to burst your bubble, but it’s actually a one-year study into seeing if they (DARPA/NASA) want to commit resources to a 100-year ongoing project in cross-pollinating with other sciences to further space tech and space-going developments.
I’m pretty sure the original year-long project ended last year in November, and now it’s going to sit online for a while and get ignored.
Not nearly as fun, I know.
No bubble burst. It was obviously a paper study.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s hear it for the Jemison Starship!”
I thought Paul Kantner retired from music.
These days the government only funds warp drives or routine tin-bending and nothing in between.
Before getting too excited over this, be aware of the Jemison, Alabama connection.