X-Message-Number: 1003 From: (Andy Ormsby) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Scientific debate: some questions Date: 16 Jul 92 16:07:55 GMT There have been a number of postings claiming that this newsgroup is intended for debate of the scientific issues concerning cryonics. I don't know a lot about the scientific background. I'm interested in finding out: What specific scientific or technological advances are needed in order to have working cryonics? By "working", I mean the ability to reliably freeze a person for (say) a year and bring them back unharmed. What work is going on towards achieving those advances? Where? Are there any university departments or government agencies doing this kind of work? I know that "suspended animation" has cropped up a number of times in science fiction novels as a means of making long-distance space travel possible. Has NASA sponsored any work in this area? To what extent is cryonics "serious" science? How much money is being spent in this area? What are the timescales for achieving the sort of working cryonics I mention above, or the various scientific and technological advances which will (presumably) be needed. 10 years? 50? 100? -- Andy Ormsby Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1003