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What a tremendous waste of space and energy. Millions of people die every year, where would we store them all? And, even if we do later figure out how to recove
by URSpider94 11y ago
What a tremendous waste of space and energy. Millions of people die every year, where would we store them all? And, even if we do later figure out how to recover people from cryonic storage, who knows what pre-treatment will be required to make them eligible for re-animation?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWould you be okay with storing my genetic code, cyropreserving only my brain, and then growing me a new body in 100-500 years when we've got reanimation down cold (no pun intended)? I'm fine with being stored in a robotic facility on Mars, the dark side of the Moon, or even at a Lagrange point; anywhere where passive physics can be used to ensure the appropriate temperature is maintained.
- zo1 11y agoIf you can't afford a full-body cryo-preservation, you can get a "discount" version by only cryo-preserving your head.
- KMag 11y ago> the dark side of the Moon ... is not really a thing, BTW. Earth's moon is tidally locked to Earth, so one lunar cycle (synodic period, about 29.5 Earth days) is approximately one lunar day. You'd need to build a train on the moon to keep your cryo chamber in the Moon's shadow, or something similar. I doubt you'd save energy by doing so.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoToday I learned! Mars or lagrange points it is! I would even settle for a Saturn moon.
- URSpider94 11y agoCompletely incorrect. For exactly the reason you mention, the back side of the moon is indeed not visible from Earth, and was first photographed by a Soviet satellite in 1959. The only humans who have ever seen it in person were Apollo astronauts. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon