{"id":239782,"date":"2026-06-27T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/designing-a-generational-ship-proxima-centauri-b"},"modified":"2026-06-27T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:08:47","slug":"designing-a-generational-ship-proxima-centauri-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/designing-a-generational-ship-proxima-centauri-b","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Generational Ship (Proxima Centauri b)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SDSOgWOI4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To build a Proxima Centauri b generational ship; designed to protect the life aboard during the 100 year journey from Earth; designed to build the first structures of the settlement on the surface of the new planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2727 Find me on Substack where I write sci-fi story essays: J.Barry \/ Between Worlds.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jbarrybetweenworlds.substack\">https:\/\/jbarrybetweenworlds.substack<\/a>\u2026 The fourth volume of \u2018The Encyclopedia of the Future\u2019 is now available on my Patreon. <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ shop \u2727 The Garden Telescope (and Other Short Stories) Ebook is also available to Patreon members, or as a single purchase download Visit my Patreon here: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ venturecity Created by: J. Barry \u2014 Book recommendations on artificial intelligence, future technology and innovations, and sci-fi stories (affiliate links): \u2022 Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j28WkP\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j28WkP<\/a> \u2022 Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3790bU1\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3790bU1<\/a> \u2022 The Expanse: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q0mG61\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q0mG61<\/a> \u2022 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kNFSyW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kNFSyW<\/a> \u2014 Other videos to watch: 1. The 100 Year Journey to Proxima Centauri b <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \u2022 The 100 Year Journey to Proxima Centauri B\u2026 2. The First 10,000 Days on Proxima Centauri b <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \u2022 The First 10,000 Days on Proxima Centauri\u2026 3. TIMELAPSE of Future Space Stations <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \u2022 TIMELAPSE of Future Space Stations.<br \/> \u2727 The fourth volume of \u2018The Encyclopedia of the Future\u2019 is now available on my Patreon.<br \/> \/ shop.<br \/> \u2727 The Garden Telescope (and Other Short Stories) Ebook is also available to Patreon members, or as a single purchase download.<\/p>\n<p>Visit my Patreon here: \/ venturecity.<\/p>\n<p>Created by: J. Barry.<\/p>\n<p>Book recommendations on artificial intelligence, future technology and innovations, and sci-fi stories (affiliate links):<br \/> \u2022 Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j28WkP\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j28WkP<\/a><br \/> \u2022 Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3790bU1\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3790bU1<\/a><br \/> \u2022 The Expanse: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q0mG61\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q0mG61<\/a><br \/> \u2022 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kNFSyW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kNFSyW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other videos to watch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/designing-a-generational-ship-proxima-centauri-b\">Continue reading \u201cDesigning a Generational Ship (Proxima Centauri b)\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To build a Proxima Centauri b generational ship; designed to protect the life aboard during the 100 year journey from Earth; designed to build the first structures of the settlement on the surface of the new planet. \u2727 Find me on Substack where I write sci-fi story essays: J.Barry \/ Between Worlds. https:\/\/jbarrybetweenworlds.substack\u2026 The fourth [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}