Re: starship-design: Suspended animation.

[Zenon Kulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl>]

> From owner-starship-design@lists.uoregon.edu Fri Jan  7 01:18:59 2000
> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 00:20:50 +0000
> 
> "L. Parker" wrote:
> > 
> > I can't resist...too many science fiction books!
> > 
> > You have been found guilty of [BAD SI-FI WRITING], the court sentences you to
> > life without parole (or death), however you may elect to become a crewmember
> > on ... 
> > 
> The Zombie type dugs are only 1/2 the problem, the aging of the cells 
> themselves have to slow down. You don't want to go to sleep age 20 
> and wake up age 80.
> 
Exactly.

> The fact that you have no weight might permit unusal methods 
> of slowing down the cells, as drugs would diffuse better.
> Some cold water fish  have a natural anti-frezze so it you develop that 
> for humans and keep the body at say 10 F, you may slow down 
> the chemical aging of the cells.
> 
Some frogs do exactly that. They freeze in the ice,
and thaw back without damage.

-- Zenon Kulpa