Nine months to Mars? Good time for a nap!
That's the plan covered today in Space.com: http://goo.gl...
Nine months to Mars? Good time for a nap!
That's the plan covered today in Space.com: http://goo.gl/VA2tdE
It covers the standard things you might expect -- radiation exposure, muscle atrophy, etc. And yes, having astronauts sleep through it mitigates most of those. But suspended animation is currently the stuff of science fiction. How will we pull it off?
People who have spent a bit too long in the cold without proper insulation might take exception to the plans of John Bradford of SpaceWorks Engineering in Atlanta:
Ideally, the body-temperature drop would induce an unconscious state by itself, he added, so sedatives would not have to be administered to voyaging astronauts.
Wait, what? Get me so cold that I naturally doze off? That may work for hibernting bears. I'm not a bear. Pretty sure my body would freak the hell out over that plan, as that's a single step from death. No thanks. I like my teeth un-chattered and cracked. Bring on the intravenous cocktail in ten ... nine ...eig
Apt space bear illustration by Leandro Juan Almendras, found on Behance: http://goo.gl/ds061o
That's the plan covered today in Space.com: http://goo.gl/VA2tdE
It covers the standard things you might expect -- radiation exposure, muscle atrophy, etc. And yes, having astronauts sleep through it mitigates most of those. But suspended animation is currently the stuff of science fiction. How will we pull it off?
People who have spent a bit too long in the cold without proper insulation might take exception to the plans of John Bradford of SpaceWorks Engineering in Atlanta:
Ideally, the body-temperature drop would induce an unconscious state by itself, he added, so sedatives would not have to be administered to voyaging astronauts.
Wait, what? Get me so cold that I naturally doze off? That may work for hibernting bears. I'm not a bear. Pretty sure my body would freak the hell out over that plan, as that's a single step from death. No thanks. I like my teeth un-chattered and cracked. Bring on the intravenous cocktail in ten ... nine ...eig
Apt space bear illustration by Leandro Juan Almendras, found on Behance: http://goo.gl/ds061o
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