In the era of generations-long, one-way interstellar space travel will humans be able to communicate ...

In a future era of generations-long, one-way interstellar space travel will humans be able to communicate with each other.

An interstellar spaceship leaving Earth for futuristic deep space travel.

“If we have “Earth English” and “vessel English,” and they diverge over the years, you have to learn a little Earth English to send messages back, or to read the instruction manuals and information that came with the ship,” said McKenzie, in what was an English-centric study merely to highlight some broad concepts.

Moreover, language back on Earth will also have changed, so the language of communication between Earth-bound humans and those in colonies will become an archaic form of language used only for that purpose

Will anyone want or need to have to learn how to communicate with people on Earth

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