[platz]

it would be better to just 'seed' the tiny starshot spacecraft with human embryos that could litter the planet and then develop on arrival.

[jcoffland]

Right because human babies let alone embryos do so well on their own.

[platz]

that's why we also send self-replicating nanobots along with them.

[jcoffland]

For their extensive experience in child rearing.

[platz]

no problem, we train them with a convolutional neural net w/ examples from earth to provide for them. should suffice until about an age of 7 after which they'll just continue to use the nanobots to provide raw materials.

[jdmichal]

See James P. Hogan's Voyage from Yesteryear. It involves a post-scarcity civilization seeded in much the way you suggest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear

[ju-st]

Adults from later, faster spacecrafts could raise the babies.

[bdamm]

Why wouldn't they just bring their own? Or make some?

[platz]

we'll also send send self-replicating nanobots