11-18-2024, 11:10 PM
Looking at the website, it's honestly not clear to me what they are actually asking for, although my best guess is an exercise in imaginative architecture. The wording is vague and imprecise. Downloading the proposal document they say the ship should have a 250yr flight time with a crew of 1000 +/- 500 (which is at least an order of magnitude smaller than what OA presumes is used for its early interstellar colony missions). They mention ship systems in a general way but its not clear if these are to be considered or mentioned or if they are just looking for pretty building/habitat designs (those aren't to be discounted, but I think it gets iffy on how to do this if you aren't clear on what the tech level is. There is mention of 'near future' tech and some kind of 'tech level 2' apparently referencing some other guideline or book or whatnot.
They do want an engineer as part of the design teams, as well as some sort of social scientist and there is reference to the social structure (presumably including the economy) of the ship.
I suppose it might be worth keeping an eye on to see what kind of cool images might come out of it but I don't know that this is going to provide any particularly new insights for us from a worldbuilding perspective.
My 2c worth,
Todd
They do want an engineer as part of the design teams, as well as some sort of social scientist and there is reference to the social structure (presumably including the economy) of the ship.
I suppose it might be worth keeping an eye on to see what kind of cool images might come out of it but I don't know that this is going to provide any particularly new insights for us from a worldbuilding perspective.
My 2c worth,
Todd
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