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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by thatcherc on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:54AM (#17145208)
If you're interested in more of the (fictional) uses and problems presented by this technology, you might enjoy reading Cixin Liu's The Dark Forest, which makes some use of hibernation in its plot. It is the sequel to The Three Body Problem, a hard sci-fi book that would probably be enjoyed by a lot of HNers.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by edwinksl on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:27PM (#17146255)
Great trilogy that explores, among many things, hibernation. Highly recommend too.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by drdeadringer on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:55AM (#17145226)
Larry Niven also has some exploration into these matters.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by csisvunit on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:51PM (#17145880)
Also, Amazon is dropping $1B to produce The Three Body Problem.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the...

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by thatcherc on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:18PM (#17146779)
That's incredible! I'm very excited to see how they do with that. It's also amazing that 1 billion dollars can be spent making a TV series today. A quick looks on Google shows that an episode of Game of Thrones (chosen because it seems like a really high budget show) costs ~$10-$15 million, so Amazon's Three Body is roughly equivalent to 6-10 seasons of GoT. Wild!
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