connactic ([personal profile] connactic) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2020-08-30 04:22 pm (UTC)

I think the definition mostly comes down to purpose. If the purpose of the ship is to allow your species to colonize another place, it's a generation ship. If it's just a habitat, it's something else.
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