X-Message-Number: 26880 Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:32:35 -0600 From: anthony <> Subject: The cold, hard facts on cryonics Such is the breathtaking pace of modern scientific advancement that in the three short years since the technicians at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation famously severed baseball star Ted Williams' head from his torso and deep-froze the parts for anticipated resurrection at some future date, there have been a number of improvements to the preservation process. Antifreeze much better than anything in your car is now pumped into a client's corpse. State-of-the-art cooling techniques are used to chill the body parts down to minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit before they are stored inside tall stainless steel tanks that look like they might have come from a microbrewery. The battered bicycle helmet that used to be strapped onto the deceased's head during the cooling phase is soon to be replaced with something more clinical-looking. MORE http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/chi-0508220106aug22,0,5333622.story?coll=sfla-news-science Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26880