[Why Send Out a Colony Ship?]
* What is the rationale behind sending out a ship?
[Background]
* What is the launch year?
* Who launches the ship?
* What is the earth government and politics?
* Wars?
* What is the environment on earth?
* Other Significant Past Events?
* How much of the solar system has been colonized?
* Alien contact?
* Are habitable planets common or rare?
[Technology]
* FTL - no FTl and no FTL communications
* AI's?
* Power systems?
* Genetic engineering?
* Artificial gravity - no
* Intelligent animals?
* Nanotech?
* Raw materials?
[Destination]
* Distance and how long to travel there?
* Why go now? Why not wait 100 years and halve the travel time?
* What is the star type?
* What is the planet type? Gravity, atmosphere, radiation
* Why this particular planet?
* Why do they settle a planet and not stay in space?
* Why change the people and not terraform the planet?
* How was the planet discovered? Probes? Earth based sensors? How much do we know about it?
[Ship]
* What is the size and number of ships on the mission?
* How is the ship built?
* How big is the crew?
* What is the speed and acceleration of the ship?
[Medical technology]
* Do genetic changes involved in the evolution cause new medical problems to occur over time?
* Have all diseases been cured?
[GenEProjectScope|Project Scope]
-- Main.DaveK - 19 Jun 2004
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