AN INITIAL crew of 98 people might be all that is needed for humanity to reach another star. It turns out this is the minimum needed to maintain a healthy population during a 6000-year trek to Proxima Centauri b, the closest Earth-like exoplanet.
Colony ship to nearest star only needs crew of 100 to survive
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