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robotical712 t1_jcnsbpn wrote

Reply to comment by Triabolical_ in Hibernation, a closely studied option for extended space travel by LeMonde_en

You don’t develop it for space travel initially, you develop it for the medical applications where it’s much easier to get approval.

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Triabolical_ t1_jcotm1c wrote

What medical applications?

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robotical712 t1_jcpbhxo wrote

Being able to temporarily slow or even stop a person’s metabolism would be of enormous value for saving trauma victims or slowing a disease’s progression long enough to work out a treatment.

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