Desert Island Discs...
OK so the above isn't entirely accurate, but it kinda' applies...
Throughout the month leading up to this issue we asked you guys to tell us three personal items you'd take if you were selected to be a part of the First Generation aboard a Generation Ship...
Here, for your delectation, are the responses we received!
1 - A water bottle full of Pepsi that somehow—scientifically, of course—refills itself with more Pepsi.
2 - A keg of lube. You never know when you'll need it, and it can do so much.
3 - A small but effective pistol I can keep dangerously tucked into my waistband, should I ever need to cull the colony.
1 - Notebook (to note down my experiences).
2 - Writing device.
3 - Photo of my loved ones.
1 - A greenstone necklace.
2 - A hard drive filled with things about me/ my family + all my fave movies and music etc.
3 - Jandals (flip flops).
1 - The complete works of Terry Pratchett as a minimum, and preferably an electronic library large enough to allow me to read my way to the stars.
2 - As many musical instruments as possible. I quite fancy being the best guitar player in space.
3 - Tin opener. Cos someone always forgets the tin opener.
1 - Survival knife.
2 - Water purifier.
3 - Some sort of fire starter... though more personal items would be laptop with photos, rugged shoes, blanket my mom made for me.
1 - Assuming that this is a long trip, and whatever you bring isn't renewable and has to be usable for the entire trip, I'd bring my favorite book, preferably a really long one I could read over and over again without getting tired of it.
2 - I'd bring a harmonica, a crazy choice, I know. But it's small, you can make music with it, and you'd have a lot of time to teach yourself how to use it.
3 - And I'd bring a deck of cards. Again, small and you can play an endless number of games with them, either by yourself or with others, assuming you've taken care of the anti-gravity issue during the trip. If not, then that idea is shot to hell.
1 - 200 Lucky Strike. That might not sound like a lot - hell, I know it doesn't sound like a lot - and I'd seriously have to cut down on my nicotine intake but let's be fair, it's probably not a good idea to smoke on any kinda' spaceship, anyways!
2 - A towel. If this requires any explanation whatsoever, then I'll call you a taxi right now.
3 - A selection of porn mags. Now I'm aware there's likely to be some kinda' internet access aboard, albeit local, but I'm not sure I want my shipmates to know what I've been using to get my jollies when I inevitably forget to delete my browsing history! Plus, if kept in plastic wallets they'd be 'wipe clean...'
1 - Pot seeds.
2 - Tobacco Seeds.
3 - Toothbrush.
1 - A perpetually self-generating box of Haigh's chocolates.
2 - Ditto for bottle of red wine.
3 - A crystal glass to drink from...
1 - Cigarettes.
2 - Pot.
3 - Liquor.
As much (of all three) as the weight limit allows. And why, you may ask, young padawan?
Because with those three things, I can get anything else that I want.
1 - Assuming I don't have my family with me, a picture of them.
2 - A notebook.
3 - Something with which to write.
1 - A 'Lola the Love Nun,' inflatable sex doll.
2 - A patch kit.
3 - A lifetime's supply of Astrolube.
1 - 10 metric tones of cigarettes. I don't smoke but, traveling that far is going to take a long time and as I imagine that our society will slowly but surely devolve back to our that primal instinctive ancestors I fully expect that we will go through a phase of prison based trading so that I and my descendants can trade the cigarettes for other important resources such as food and become one of the richest most dominant clans when we reach our new home.
2 - An air recycling/sterilising machine. Since we are going to be on that ship for so long, we have a duty as (presumably) the best humanity has to offer, to actually survive the trip. In the millions of years it takes to reach our destination, only a fool would assume that we would be the only lifeforms to evolve on board. If even a few helpful digestive bacteria stowed away in my stomach we could be looking at an apocalyptic on-board plague just a few years down the line. My clan of descendants, if all goes to plan, should have enough influence to gain access to the territory on which the mystical and ancient artifact which my air recycler will then be is located on and, in humanity's hour of need, activate it, thus raising their status to that of pharaohs in the new world.
3 - My phone. To see if space has wifi.
NOT an easy question. Unlike the lifeboat question, nothing you can bring will have any real impact.-A Generation ship should come with all Biological, Medical, Educational, Entertainment, and Destination Survival items all prestocked - You, as First Gen, are unlikely to be alive at the destination, so personal sentimental items that mean something just to you, become just waste mass after the first century.-Food favorites, wouldn't last beyond the first month or so, maybe a year at most.
Given that;
1 - A PAD loaded with personal photos and correspondence of family history to extend your roots back to the basis light-years behind you.
2 - Food recipes recording you cultural history to be adapted at a later date with the new worlds resources, and what comes out of the shipboard gene-banks, live farms.
3 - The oldest relevant heirloom that can be found and not just stored digitally.
The only important items, 'Who you are, and where you came from.'
1 - Collection of my all favourite songs.
2 - A nice book to entertain me when bad dreams would be haunting me.
3 - A notebook to note down my experiences.
Preparing for the big voyage... what would I pick?There is so much things I want to take with me...
1 - So... I'm hesitating, for the first item, between Mary Poppins' carpet bag of Goofy's hat... I mean, with one of these I could take more than only the three items I am limited to, and some more...
2 - For the second item, definitely my favorite pillow... the bunks will surely be quite uncomfortable, and I need me a good sleep to keep this pretty... (one can always dream...)
3 - Third item... I'm thinking about an industrial grade noise cancelling headset... just to avoid listening to the neighbors snoring or producing other kinds of sound...
These three, assuming the infirmary will be well stocked with activated charcoal and other medication for difficult digestion and whatnot... in prevention of HB trying to share his stock of goods...
1 - My favorite book
2 - My camera
3 - Coffee
...in case the other planet does not have!
So there's a ship... I assume food, water, waste recycling, a full library with updates chasing after us in space, etc etc are all taken care of and I'm wondering - what do I want to know is in my small personal weight allotment as I watch Earth disappear out the porthole (off the screen?)Can I bring a pet? Something intelligent, that bonds well with people so I can spend a lot of quality-time with it, and can talk. How about a parrot: "Parrots are the longest-living birds and this is especially true with cockatoos, macaws, African grey parrots and Amazon parrots. The oldest living parrot is a Major Mitchell's cockatoo named Cookie who is at least 80 years old." I'll bring two :) That probably more than takes up my three-allowed.
1 - The Bible.
2 - The complete works of Shakespeare.
3 - My laptop.
1 - Toothpaste.
2 - Pitstick.
3 - A telescopic baton.
I want fresh breath and no BO when I go around extorting luxury items from other people.
1 - Ducktape.
2 - Machete.
3 - Rope.
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