Could Humans Hibernate for Space Travel?
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Date: 2022-07-06
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Omer
This might be the key to space travel although the people on earth will never. Be able to witness the end of the journey. the ones making the journey will definitely be able to witness the end of journey. infact hybernation is actually present in our genes because neanderthals were known to hybernate during brutal ice age winters. at the end of the day achieving spcae travel to other solar systems is possible but not according our own expectations. life isn't perfect. we currently do possess remarkable technology for food preservation and food farming. all things are possible. only thing needed is more superior AI and hybernation technology. as far as energy is concerned. we have plenty of potentional sources. nuclear reactors being the most efficient. space travel will happen but it will be a multi generational journey for the people on earth. the people in the journey will be alive for thousands of years do to hybernation. yes it is biological possible if the hybernation pod maintains the fluid and calorie levels of body during hybernation.
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This might be the key to space travel although the people on earth will never. Be able to witness the end of the journey. the ones making the journey will definitely be able to witness the end of journey. infact hybernation is actually present in our genes because neanderthals were known to hybernate during brutal ice age winters. at the end of the day achieving spcae travel to other solar systems is possible but not according our own expectations. life isn't perfect. we currently do possess remarkable technology for food preservation and food farming. all things are possible. only thing needed is more superior AI and hybernation technology. as far as energy is concerned. we have plenty of potentional sources. nuclear reactors being the most efficient. space travel will happen but it will be a multi generational journey for the people on earth. the people in the journey will be alive for thousands of years do to hybernation. yes it is biological possible if the hybernation pod maintains the fluid and calorie levels of body during hybernation.
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Kev
How many options do we really have of inhabiting another planet that has a livable environment. If our galaxy is not safe, how safe is any other galaxy? Assuming we can even get to another galaxy. The nearest to the Milky Way is Andromeda and that is meant to eventually collide into the Milky Way. If it's physically impossible (at the present time) to travel to our nearest galaxy, what chance do we have to travel galaxies even further away. Anyway, if life is so precious, how come we don't have a problem killing people via jealousy, anger, power, greed and just plain simple murder. Here we are, ready to move to another planet/galaxy and we, the human race, are still in chaos. Shouldn't we at least be at peace before we start destroying the rest of the universe's habitable planets. After all, we're doing a pretty good job of destroying this one.
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How many options do we really have of inhabiting another planet that has a livable environment. If our galaxy is not safe, how safe is any other galaxy? Assuming we can even get to another galaxy. The nearest to the Milky Way is Andromeda and that is meant to eventually collide into the Milky Way. If it's physically impossible (at the present time) to travel to our nearest galaxy, what chance do we have to travel galaxies even further away. Anyway, if life is so precious, how come we don't have a problem killing people via jealousy, anger, power, greed and just plain simple murder. Here we are, ready to move to another planet/galaxy and we, the human race, are still in chaos. Shouldn't we at least be at peace before we start destroying the rest of the universe's habitable planets. After all, we're doing a pretty good job of destroying this one.
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education
Humans a couple of hundred years in hibernation, they'd have to bring a lot more to the research table than the bear hibernation process. -Also a bear's wintersleep isn't true hibernation, it's called torpor (relatively high bodytemperature, refuted in multiple studies. - This is as far as we (and NASA) go at the moment. NASA's funding of SpaceWork Engineering on their hibernation chambers.
--wired, this was hot news in 2013 (1st stage) and again in 2016 (2nd stage. Little late on the topic? -
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Humans a couple of hundred years in hibernation, they'd have to bring a lot more to the research table than the bear hibernation process. -Also a bear's wintersleep isn't true hibernation, it's called torpor (relatively high bodytemperature, refuted in multiple studies. - This is as far as we (and NASA) go at the moment. NASA's funding of SpaceWork Engineering on their hibernation chambers.
--wired, this was hot news in 2013 (1st stage) and again in 2016 (2nd stage. Little late on the topic? -
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Tzin
I always find it funny when people miss use a word or term. Hibernation is a prime example, yes many animals do go into hibernation but bears do not! they go into torpor, a state that is similar but yet different than true hibernation. What is even more funny is seeing a major periodical miss use such a term, it means to me both the author and editor did not do their due diligence. What is most surprising though is the expert they have did not correct the misunderstanding. Just my two pence.
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I always find it funny when people miss use a word or term. Hibernation is a prime example, yes many animals do go into hibernation but bears do not! they go into torpor, a state that is similar but yet different than true hibernation. What is even more funny is seeing a major periodical miss use such a term, it means to me both the author and editor did not do their due diligence. What is most surprising though is the expert they have did not correct the misunderstanding. Just my two pence.
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Crimson682
How about cryogenic sleep?
It's a bit more complex than hibernation sleep cuz we still don't know how to freeze humans then revive them by unfreezing them. But its possible maybe.
We just gotta find a way to freeze human where their flesh won't be damage by the freezing and also a way to revive the brain and the heart after the cryogenic sleep.
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How about cryogenic sleep?
It's a bit more complex than hibernation sleep cuz we still don't know how to freeze humans then revive them by unfreezing them. But its possible maybe.
We just gotta find a way to freeze human where their flesh won't be damage by the freezing and also a way to revive the brain and the heart after the cryogenic sleep.
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Jun
It's not hibernation, but probably induced coma. Thus some people will not recover. Earth is our prison and paradise. Unless we force and a planetoid to change drastically so we can live there. Also, why not creat a giant spacecraft to orbit, say, Jupitor in a certain region of it's orbit. We would find the same gravitational pull and live there
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It's not hibernation, but probably induced coma. Thus some people will not recover. Earth is our prison and paradise. Unless we force and a planetoid to change drastically so we can live there. Also, why not creat a giant spacecraft to orbit, say, Jupitor in a certain region of it's orbit. We would find the same gravitational pull and live there
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Diamond
Many things are possible we just havent developed the means for it yet. It's all magic or unbelievable until we create the way. Millions of people around the world are connected instantly over the internet. Imagine going back in time with a flashlight or rock music. You'd be burned for witchcraft lol
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Many things are possible we just havent developed the means for it yet. It's all magic or unbelievable until we create the way. Millions of people around the world are connected instantly over the internet. Imagine going back in time with a flashlight or rock music. You'd be burned for witchcraft lol
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sanjuansteve
And what would be the advantage to having scientists in space hibernating instead of doing science other than requiring less food (which can be grown in space) and water (which is pretty much fully recycled in space?
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And what would be the advantage to having scientists in space hibernating instead of doing science other than requiring less food (which can be grown in space) and water (which is pretty much fully recycled in space?
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enoch7th
haha, we already do that on earth: because we do not pay attention to everything that happens under the sun. it is winter and the son has not yet entered in our hearts, because we love the night more than the day. sela
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haha, we already do that on earth: because we do not pay attention to everything that happens under the sun. it is winter and the son has not yet entered in our hearts, because we love the night more than the day. sela
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kobla
I like the approach to thinking about hibernation as just a deeper state of sleep. I wonder if there's a connection to the Kleine-Levin Syndrome in humans. Perhaps a mutation to put humans on the path to hibernation?
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I like the approach to thinking about hibernation as just a deeper state of sleep. I wonder if there's a connection to the Kleine-Levin Syndrome in humans. Perhaps a mutation to put humans on the path to hibernation?
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