You know how they got Trump supporters on board with space travel?It was Obama who killed the Orion Program, the last manned space program the US will have for the next 30 years.
NASA is now officially a branch of PETA.
1. Say China is doing it.
2. Hint that our government acknowledges UFO's exist. So Trump nuts believe there are aliens among us. And not South American ones.
I don't care how we get you on board, we must do this. I'm watching How the Universe Works. They are discussing how we would have to build a space ship this massive in space.
And we must. This planet will be hit one day with a life ending comet or meteor. So we need a plan B. Actually, we need a plan B-Z. Send 25 of these arks into interstellar space. Each pointed in a different direction towards a nearby star that looks promising. Of course they will one day get hit too. So we must constantly be on space ships in outer space. Clones will do the heavy lifting.
To have a job is a good thing on this ship. No capitalism. Not until we reach the next planet. Then maybe we can do better than capitalism?
10% the speed of light we can get to alpha centauri in 40 years. We can do that!
Actually, send arks out in 3's. That way if something happens to one the other two can rescue them.
Do you watch the show on Scifi called the Ark? It's great. It's like Star Trek only they aren't flying from one star to the next at warp speed. They woke up a year too early and all the top people on the ship got killed in an accident. So the 2nd stringers have to figure everything out. Pretty good.