Boffins Close to Creating Suspended Animation

[hawkwindeb]

[citation][nom]kc8dkt[/nom]I was going to point out the "Black Horizen" drive system, but yours STTNG Q-Singularity will work as well. B)[/citation]
dkArchon, Great reference to STTNG and kc8dkt, I believe you mean the movie: Event Horizon (the drive would create an artificial black hole, and would use that power to bridge two points in spacetime to reduce journey time - source Wikipedia)

Stargate franchise (creates an event horizon like a black hole but in two locations without a singularity instead connecting them to become a stable wormhole)

 

[KC8DKT]

Ya, "Black Horizen" was the ship, "Event Horizon" was the name of the movie...

 

[Zingam]

without Mass Effect core...

 

[Zingam]

"In space exploration, suspended animation would be ideal for long hauls across the dark empty void, alleviating the mental stress of claustrophobic conditions, the alienation of family and friends, and the sheer boredom of a 6-month journey (or longer)"

For that matter NASA could use gamers as astronauts. Give them PC and WoW accounts during the journey and they'll be OK. the only problem is when they get to Mars they might not do any work and just play the games.

 

[Pailin]

I think I'd rather imerse myself in games for a few months...

oh, wait a minute - I already do, more fun than this waste of time LMAO

 

[skyu]

zingam,nice one

I don't think that in gas lies the answer to that.They would have better results with...meditation,like in...uhm..."Samsara" )

 

[dkArchon]

oy... Event Horizon... that movie is freaky

 

[martin0642]

Pointing to examples of SciFi (Notice the Fi part is FICTION) that think it's cool to use black holes as an energy source is in no way cool. Unless you're using hawking radiation as a source, it's a really bad design idea. It's likely a bad idea even if you are. Generally, black holes are the opposite of "power generation".