What technical expertise would be required to create a sustainable colony?
A ship is sent through a wormhole to an unknown planet to create a sustainable colony. The colonists know that they won't have further contact with their home planet - this is a last ditch effort to save the species.
An earlier question gave the number of colonists required as being anywhere from 80 to 300, but what about technical skill and knowledge? What professions and experts would you need to keep the colony alive? Medical personnel, engineers/mechanics, and botanists/biologists are the groups that immediately spring to mind. You'd also need a leader in place to keep everything running. What other important positions and skill sets would be required? Disregard the pilot and crew of the space ship for the moment - who would they need on the ground?
The technology level of the initial colonists does not have to be sustainable. They can lapse into a pre-industrial level society.
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