Neal Stephenson explores this point here: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/02/space_stasis.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technol

Neal Stephenson explores this point here: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/02/space_stasis.html http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/0...