generation ship
Interstellar voyage vessel
A generation ship is a hypothetical spacecraft designed for voyages so long that multiple generations of passengers would live and die aboard before reaching the destination.
The concept appears in science fiction exploring interstellar travel, where distances require centuries of travel time: The colonists had been born on the generation ship and would never see Earth.
The ship functions as a self-sustaining world, with passengers reproducing and raising children who continue the journey.
Between celestial bodies
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- deep-spaceRegions beyond nearby planets
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- trajectoryPath of moving object
destination · exoplanet · light-years · departure · arrival · deceleration · navigation · waypoint
Permanent occupants of place
- crewWorking team aboard
- familiesRelated people living together
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
society · governance · traditions · culture · demographics · population · cooperation · factions
Hundred-year periods
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- successionFollowing in order
- descendantsThose who come after
ancestors · legacy · inheritance · posterity · progeny · birthright · oral-history
All life on Earth
- hydroponicsPlant cultivation in nutrient water
- aquaponicsFish-plant water farming
- life-supportEquipment maintaining vital functions
- biodomeEnclosed artificial ecosystem
terrarium · ecosystem · closed-loop · atrium · greenhouses
State of being restricted
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- separationState of being apart
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
insularity · void · vastness · disconnection · homesickness · claustrophobia · unreachable
interstellar
Between celestial bodies
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- deep-spaceRegions beyond nearby planets
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
trajectory · destination · exoplanet · light-years · departure · arrival · deceleration · navigation · waypoint · journey
inhabitants
Permanent occupants of place
- crewWorking team aboard
- familiesRelated people living together
- descendantsThose who come after
ancestors · society · governance · traditions · culture · demographics · population · cooperation · factions · council
centuries
Hundred-year periods
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- successionFollowing in order
descendants · ancestors · legacy · inheritance · posterity · progeny · birthright · oral-history
biosphere
All life on Earth
- hydroponicsPlant cultivation in nutrient water
- aquaponicsFish-plant water farming
- life-supportEquipment maintaining vital functions
biodome · terrarium · ecosystem · closed-loop · atrium · greenhouses
confinement
State of being restricted
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- separationState of being apart
remoteness · insularity · void · vastness · disconnection · homesickness · claustrophobia · unreachable
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- space termsmoon, star, planet, rocket, satellite
- space travelspaceship, starship, spacecraft, astronaut, rocket
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, Voyager 2
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- future vehiclesflying car, hovercraft, hoverboard, jetpack, spaceship
generation, ship, generate, generator, generative, generational, generations, regenerate, regeneration