Dr. Or M. Bialik
@ombialik@mastodon.world
Geology, climate change researcher, and too many other things | Posting about the writing experience, science, SFF and academia. Opinions are my own or of the characters in my head.
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How many people do we need on a spaceship if we want an extrasolar colony to be viable (genetically)? Someone actually looked at that, and the answer is 1,400-6,800 (but might still require some population control).
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