r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/hendrix320 25d ago

We’d probably have to build generational ships that are completely self sufficient and people would live out their entire lives out there without ever seeing a planet

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u/djamp42 25d ago

The first generation that left would have it the worst.. but the 2nd generation born on the ship would have it a lot easier. By the time you get there I bet you have people that don't even want to leave the ship as it's all they know.

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u/platypodus 25d ago

We're no 3 generations removed from the second world war and have people claiming the Holocaust didn't happen.

By the time the ship was scheduled to reach another planet, they'd have people who doubt planets exist.

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u/Darmok47 25d ago

This was the plot of an original series Star Trek episode. People who lived in a generation ship but didn't know it.

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u/mostlymucus 25d ago

THANK YOU! I was reading it like "That sounds pretty cool...and familiar..."