Design an interstellar 'generation ship' to spend decades among the stars with Project Hyperion competition

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A new design competition, dubbed Project Hyperion, is calling for submissions for the design of a crewed interstellar generation ship.

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[martinbyrne]

A fascinating idea of course. My only objection would not be technical but moral. Is it fair to expect generations of humans to live confined on a ship this size and live their lives without either seeing Earth or their destination planet? I think generational starships are immoral and such technology should only be used if and once there is some kind of hibernation technology for the crew so that they arrive without having used up too much of their lives. This applies also in the case of much extended life spans in the future; who could bear the boredom of such a trip?