To set this artificial hibernation in motion (or, rather, not in motion), SpaceWorks would lower a person’s core temperature to 32 degrees Celsius, then sedate her to stop the body’s natural defense against the cold-shivering. SpaceWorks thinks astronauts will someday travel to Mars and beyond while “hibernating” in chambers similar to these Courtesy SpaceWorks Enterprises How It Works NASA’s “ Journey to Mars” has the space agency aiming for a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s, and SpaceWorks President/COO John Bradford thinks the hibernation technology can be ready for that first mission. NASA is helping to fund the research of SpaceWorks Enterprises, a company that aims to put astronauts into artificial hibernation through a process similar to that depicted in Passengers. Essentially, they’re meant to sleep through all but four months of the century-long trek.Ĭurrently, humanity is nowhere near ready for the interstellar journey that Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) undertake, but this sci-fi hibernation technology is actually grounded in today’s reality. Prior to launch they each enter a “hibernation pod,” which, through drugs and environmental controls, puts them into a suspended animation. In the movie Passengers, which hits theaters today, more than 5,000 people board the starship Avalon on a 120-year journey to a new world called Homestead II. Before humans travel to another planet-and that day may be coming soon-a question will need to be answered: How will astronauts spend their time on a months- or years-long interplanetary voyage?
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