Important Internet Spaceships part 1 - set the course

[jolbars]

Thinking about design tradeoffs at my work and at some of my hobbies lead me to a strange idea... Let's say we want to build a manned interstellar spaceship meant to reach nearest star systems without any faster-than-light cosmo-fantasy technologies. What will be the key characteristics of it's construction? Which goals we must seek the most while

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[lynx_vilnensis]

Let me take a hammer to this fine glass house... Survivability of the crew is only important if it is required. Humans have an amazing ability to adapt, therefore we might prefer to dispense at least with the "preservation of society" task. Crew to reach the destination, kick-start a new world and let it evolve. Asteroid with heart-tearing automated goddess is not required, but nevertheless is a good approximation