Plan B

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Plan B is the secret fallback strategy devised by Professor Brand in the film "Interstellar," centered on colonizing distant planets with human embryos when saving Earth's existing population appears impossible.

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instanceOf colonization strategy
fictional contingency plan
actualIntendedPriority primary plan for human survival
appearsInWork Interstellar NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Professor Brand NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrganization NASA (Interstellar) NERFINISHED
benefit higher probability of species survival
contrastsWith Plan A (Interstellar) NERFINISHED
createdBy Christopher Nolan NERFINISHED
createdForWork Interstellar NERFINISHED
devisedBy Professor Brand NERFINISHED
ethicalStatusInStory controversial
focusesOn future generations rather than current population
genreContext science fiction
implementedBy Lazarus missions (conceptually) NERFINISHED
involvesTheme deception
parenthood and future generations
sacrifice
survival of the species
utilitarian ethics
keptSecretFrom Amelia Brand NERFINISHED
Endurance crew
Joseph Cooper NERFINISHED
medium film
moralImplication abandonment of existing human population on Earth
narrativeFunction ethical dilemma
plot twist
narrativeUniverse Interstellar universe
opposedByCharacter Joseph Cooper NERFINISHED
partOf Endurance mission objectives
populationMethod gradual growth from embryos to colony
primaryGoal colonize distant planets
ensure long-term survival of humanity
publicRationaleGivenAs backup in case Earth cannot be saved
reliesOnAssumption gravitational equation cannot be solved in time
requiresLocation habitable exoplanet
potentially habitable worlds near the wormhole
revealedByCharacter Professor Brand (on his deathbed) NERFINISHED
risk loss of all people remaining on Earth
strategyType backup plan
fallback strategy
timeHorizon multi-generational
triggerCondition failure of Plan A (Interstellar)
usesResource frozen human embryos
usesTechnology Endurance spacecraft NERFINISHED
advanced space travel
embryo storage technology
yearOfWorkRelease 2014

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Professor Brand plan Plan B