Expert ideas for interstellar travel include designs for generation ships capable of sustaining up to 1,500 people on a 250-year journey. The Project Hyperion design competition invited proposals using current or emerging technologies. Evaluation by an expert panel focused on habitats and social structures supporting thriving communities. The winning design, Chrysalis, features concentric cylinders for various functions and emphasizes vegetarian diets and psychological resilience, with community-oriented family structures. Second place went to Hyperion, showcasing additional innovative concepts.
Chrysalis is a 58km cigar-shaped craft with concentric cylinders dedicated to different functions, like living quarters and biomes, promoting a thriving society in space.
The design emphasizes a vegetarian diet and highlights the psychological resilience of the crew based on experiences in isolated Antarctic environments for long-term space missions.
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