Generation Interstellar Starships (was : A reason to go to Mars)

That's a grand idea, and I don't disagree with it.

Entropy being what it is, by the time humanity is ready for that step
however, the choice will be up to our children's children.

While I would love to live for a very long time, and might (if only in
retirement on low-G-Mars) generation ships -- the colony ships you
propose -- will not be viable for at least another century or two.

Good suggestion for some rollicking Sci-Fi though. Anyone here remember
the novel _STARSHIP_ by Brian Aldiss? How about writing an
enticing 'successful' version of such a generation ship.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, sraj wrote:
[KLIP]
> My own feeling is,
> we should use the resources of the solar system as a launch pad to
move to