Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHow close are we to human hibernation? Takes roughly 3 years to get to mars and thought more planets would need us to stay in a state of hibernation kind of like a pod or something?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down13
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareHow close are we to human hibernation? Takes roughly 3 years to get to mars and thought more planets would need us to stay in a state of hibernation kind of like a pod or something?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoMore importantly … what exactly is gained by this incredibly risky biochemical process? Less need for food supplies (seems like recycling/growing more is less challenging than human hibernation) Ummm less boredom? It seems orders of magnitude cheaper, safer, and with more immediately Earth-beneficial spinoffs to focus on making more and better bio-recycling.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoHumans who are active in space already have to spend a lot of work keeping up muscle and bone mass. Animals in hibernation under normal gravity also lose bone and muscle mass. Imagine doubling that up, just to save a few sandwiches.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThis. Being in a coma isn’t exactly healthy here on earth either and combining that with no gravity is a death sentence.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agothey dont lose it as much as humans would, they have adaptations to prevent it.
More importantly … what exactly is gained by this incredibly risky biochemical process?
It seems orders of magnitude cheaper, safer, and with more immediately Earth-beneficial spinoffs to focus on making more and better bio-recycling.
Humans who are active in space already have to spend a lot of work keeping up muscle and bone mass. Animals in hibernation under normal gravity also lose bone and muscle mass.
Imagine doubling that up, just to save a few sandwiches.
This. Being in a coma isn’t exactly healthy here on earth either and combining that with no gravity is a death sentence.
they dont lose it as much as humans would, they have adaptations to prevent it.