The evolution of miles long generation ship could be manipulated to match conditions on the target world. If it takes thousands of years to get their genetic tinkering and controlled environmental changes could be implemented to allow the animals - or people for that matter - to survive in a world quit a bit different from earth.
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:03 PM, David Ennocenti <[email protected]>wrote: > Sounds like the Damon Knight's Twilight Zone story "To serve man." > > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The New York Times invited readers to write them a paragraph about > whether > > eating meat was ethical. Interestingly, an argument was made that the > > survival of animals in the future depends on their tastiness. > > > > "...like it or not, when we render this planet uninhabitable, we’re > going to > > have to move to another, and the only thing that’s going to make anyone > let > > animals into the spaceship is the chance to eat them." > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/magazine/the-winner-of-our-contest-on-the-ethics-of-eating-meat.html?src=recg > > > > Is anyone out there writing space opera? Are there food animals on board > > your ship? > > > > Alicia > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > > > -- > David Ennocenti > 9 West Crest Drive > Rochester, NY 14606 > 585-426-2348 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
