Interstellar travel

--- In spacesettlers@y..., Al Globus wrote:

> xenophile2002@y... wrote:

>> Any ship you're on when you die is your coffin, whether it's
>> orbiting the Earth, moving from comet to comet in the Oort cloud,
>> or making it's way to Barnard's star. Everybody who moves onto
>> the High Frontier is volunteering to move into "coffin ships."

> "coffin ships" was a term used to refer to the ships used to bring
> Irish immigrants to America during the famine. A huge fraction of
> the passengers died in miserable conditions. Actually, the death
> rate was similar to that of black slaves making the trans-Atlantic
> passage, not surprising since many of the same ships were used.

I didn't know that... and I'm Irish. The same ships? Creepy.
> In any case, a multi-kilometer space colony with all the comforts
> of home and more is not comparable to the "coffin ships" of the
> Irish immigration.

I agree. Sort of my point.