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We would need a lot of people on the mission for genetic diversity but you couldn't exactly have a hook up culture. We would need a type of multi generational arranged marriage/arranged sexual partners based on genetics. Then what happens when the heart wants what the heart wants? I would have hard time seeing this not turn into Lord of the Flies in Space even if the engineering parts were solved.
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> to build stable closed ecosystems

Sealed terrariums? Unless you mean something more complex than plants, soil, sunlight, and water?

https://laidbackgardener.blog/2019/10/14/the-worlds-second-o...

"That means it has been growing inside its bottle with no additional air, water or fertilizer for 47 years."

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I don't think that terrarium contains any animals.

The 'biosphere 2' attempt at building a self-sustaining environment with humans, did not succeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6DDuMmhAM

12 years with bugs, but no mammals of course.

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... and once you get to the destination you have to build your whole industrial infrastructure from a tiny seed.

It's bad enough to do on Mars (or an asteroid or other solar system environment) where you can get spare parts sent over in a few years and ask ground control for answers to problems, have them simulate things on Earth or in cislunar space and put a lot of engineers on it. The more I think about it the worse it seems in our solar system -- but interstellar travelers are truly on their own.

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