X-Message-Number: 4257 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:02:25 -0500 (CDT) From: N E U R O M A N C E R <> Subject: SCI.CRYONICS <Lost in Space> MAC TONNIES from Mac Tonnies The posts responding to "cryonics in space" were both very good. Every- thing that was said was perfectly valid. In my defense, I didn't take the proposal as seriously as my post suggested,and I suppose I wrote it in a bleak mood. Yesterday's Oklahoma explosion illustrates some of the frustration I feel when considering permanence here on Earth. The space-idea was more thought experiment than anything else, and the responses showed that it was effective (at least in arousing contemporary logic). Certainly it makes more sense to store cryonics patients on Earth, where we can stand ready with revival technologies. But it's naive to think that a few eccentrics might find it more romantic to be cast into the abyss after death. Such an act could sway public attitudes away from ground-based suspen- sion (or, depending on the social climate, strengthen belief that Earth is indeed the best place for serious cryo-suspension). I still believe that today's cryonicists (or their future equivelants) will have to deal with the idea of space-based cryostasis. Again, thanks for the replies, and I apologize for coming across as an imbecile. Mac Tonnies Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4257