Saturday, 18 March 2023

Hibernation, a closely studied option for extended space travel

Hibernation, a closely studied option for extended space travel

Interstellar, Avatar, Alien, and 2001: A Space Odyssey... Four masterpieces of cinema, each made in a different decade, all use the same premise: human hibernation. It is a choice ingredient of films depicting future exploration of the cosmos – for most of us, the stuff of sci-fi. However, Angelique Van Ombergen, head of life sciences at the European Space Agency (ESA), makes it clear: "While for many people hibernation is science fiction, our approach is truly scientific."

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