[ExI] Hibernation for human space travel not possible

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 5:06 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> “Humans are simply too large, so the benefits of hibernation are
> little — as in bears — if we think just on energy savings,” Nespolo
> says.
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> So humans might as well stay awake during long space trips. But they
> will have to find some method of avoiding years of boredom during
> longer journeys.
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You missed a nuance: "...if we think just on energy savings".  Hibernation
is one way to avoid boredom.

(Though there are many other ways, too.)
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