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It isn't that hard. Maintaining a building, as well as receiving a weekly delivery of liquid nitrogen and topping up a few dozen giant dewars and monitoring the
by blueskin_ 12y ago
It isn't that hard. Maintaining a building, as well as receiving a weekly delivery of liquid nitrogen and topping up a few dozen giant dewars and monitoring their temperatures. They don't even need weekly deliveries, as they are good for three months without refilling if necessary.
http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html#bigfoot http://www.alcor.org/FAQs/faq02.html#bigfoot
Of course, they perform research too, but the core of their existence is the preservation of their patients.
- spacefight 12y agoI would say even getting constant liquid nitrogen resupplies is not trivial. Think of the unthinkable: a war around the compound for years, cutting of the supply. There's many other scenaries which makes the problem hard.
- blueskin_ 12y agoA war in Scottsdale, Arizona? Interesting. As it is, I would seriously doubt they don't have contingency plans for moving, which would likely be enacted pre-emptively if the area became unstable.