ESA To Study Human Hibernation

colonist writes "The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to study human hibernation for long-duration space voyages (a la 'Alien', '2001'). Although 'practical hibernation mechanisms are at least a decade away', ESA researchers will make initial inquiries into DADLE (D-Ala,D-Leu-enkephalin), an opium-like drug that triggers hibernation in ground squirrels and human cells. Other subjects of interest include dobutamine, a drug that maintains muscle, and the Madagascan fat-tailed dwarf lemur, the only primate known to hibernate."

Comments

Re:Good job ESA

[mirko]

Not everybody is attached to their family and relatives, some might even appreciate a century-time shift in order to refresh their relations.

Re:Women on long-term space flights?

[vidarh]

You must be incredibly bad in bed if you have that effect on women...