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An Interstellar Lifeboat for Humanity

Slashdot, November 21, 2002

"The Lifeboat project [is] an attempt to create a spaceship for the purposes of saving the human race from the singularity predicted by Vernor Vinge. Lots of talk about nanotech accidents and biological accidents wiping out civilization, but it has a neat picture of the ship. :)"


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