Re:Plastination versus Cryonics
by davidrusu on Sunday May 24, 2015 @11:57AM
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It's important to realize cryonics/plastination research is not just for people who want to extend their lives. It's going to be a crucial component in long term space flight.
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I am not convinced that long term space flight will be really interesting, at least before we radically extend our lifespan (you mean interstellar, right?). The space is just too big.
A Hohmann transfer even to Neptune is 40 years. In practice I'd expect it would be more like a decade using less efficient orbits but I hope that shows that even within the solar system there can be trips long enough that suspension would be an asset.