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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by Shivetya on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:05AM (#17144069)
The vetting system will have to be tailored very strict to insure they have the right personality and drive to survive such a mission. I could swear I have read of such testing to have taken place already to get some benchmarks to apply to actual travelers.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by OldSchoolJohnny on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:22AM (#17144210)
"right personality" I.E. boring, un-energetic people who have little sense of personal space.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by pc86 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:24AM (#17144243)
Yes because when I read the biographies of the the latest round of astronaut trainee, it's a total snooze fest.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by l1n on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:13PM (#17145419)
I'd say creative doesn't hurt: honestly, I know quite a few folks who would kill to run a D&D campaign or the like uninterrupted for months on end. And your players won't have other obligations to catch them off guard :)
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by cryoshon on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:25AM (#17144257)
hey, just because you wouldn't want to spend time around them doesn't mean that society doesn't need them.

i think your description is correct, but still. there's a lot to be said for the virtues of being eminently stable.

besides, the creative people can do the thinking for them from earth.

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