"Centauri Princess" - the Alpha Centauri starship envisioned by Ahad

[Javid]

This will make good education for school project to do with stars, planets, space and the universe.

The world's first life-like mission blueprint for sending a colony of humans to our nearest star:

"On a voyage spanning 50,000 years, the Centauri Princess's lonely occupants experience a series of psychologically disturbing nightmares induced by the cosmic darkness all around the ship... Inside the colossal sized vessel, a small-town community enjoys a totally 'Earth-like' livelihood with acres of picturesque pine forests and a river that is seen to meander its way across the "sky" flowing from horizon to horizon... In the vast emptiness stretching out beyond our solar system, a mining expedition despatched from the ship encounters mysterious revelations on an ice world... At journey's end, the 2,000th generation from Earth eventually gets greeted by the warm sunshine coming from three suns..."

Full online article:
http://uk.geocities.com/aa_spaceagen...acentauri.html

JH