# Ladies and Gentlemen, let's hear it for the Jemison Starship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948 "2012-01-09T18:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/1 "2012-01-09T18:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > The Pentagon’s think tank has selected the group that will manage its “100 Year Starship” project to explore what it would take for a multigenerational mission beyond the solar system, and sources say the leader will be Mae Jemison, who became the first black woman in space in 1992. 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](http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/07/10035158-skipper-chosen-for-starship-effort) > **[Starship](https://100yss.org/)** ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/2 "2012-01-09T19:00:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/3 "2012-01-09T19:05:14Z")
No bubble burst. It was obviously a paper study. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/4 "2012-01-09T20:13:59Z")
“Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s hear it for the Jemison Starship!” I thought Paul Kantner retired from music. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/5 "2012-01-09T20:40:41Z")
These days the government only funds warp drives or routine tin-bending and nothing in between. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-hear-it-for-the-jemison-starship/608948/6 "2012-01-09T21:01:19Z")
Before getting too excited over this, be aware of the [Jemison, Alabama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemison,_Alabama) connection.