It’s Space Sunday. An early estimate of how many people you would need to colonize another world put the number at 150 people. A new study puts the number between 10,000 – 40,000 to maintain maximum genetic diversity over 300 years.
It’s Space Sunday. An early estimate of how many people you would need to colonize another world put the number at 150 people. A new study puts the number between 10,000 – 40,000 to maintain maximum genetic diversity over 300 years.