X-Message-Number: 8603 From: (Joseph J. Strout) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: CRYONICS RESEARCH Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:34:52 -0700 Message-ID: <> References: <> In article <>, (Leo Safyan) wrote: >If you have any information at all on the following: > > - issues of site selection; seismic factors? Some folks downplay seismic danger, but I think it's quite real. Cryonics facilities need to be stable for a long time, so avoid building near fault lines (read: avoid California and Japan!). > - airport accessability? This is pretty important, though not vital; by the time a cryonics patient is in an airplane, they should be fairly stable anyway. An extra hour driving time won't make that much difference. > - possibility for re-use of nuclear fallout shelters? I don't think these would be any more ideal than any other building. Probably less, since they won't have easily accessible large doors, ramps, etc. (Dewars are really big.) > - abandoned missile silos? > - mines? other underground structures? Again, what's the point? A building on the corner will be far more convenient than some abandoned underground dungeon. > - costs of construction, security, maintenance, etc. Same as for any other building. > - issues of political intervention/ public opinion Arizona has reportedly been pretty cooperative with cryonics companies. Other territories have been less so. But I don't think you have to worry too much about serious interference, unless perhaps you try to build in the Bible Belt. > - existing cryonic facilities or potential facilities that can > be converted into cryonic facilities Do a Yahoo search on Cryonics, and you'll find websites for most existing cryonics companies. > - Symbolism of life and death translated into built form > - cryonics and architecture > - meaning/implications of a cryonic architectural form What's this?!? Are you trying to make a statement, or protect the lives of patients who are nearly dead? Pick one or the other; don't do both. >ALSO, perhaps you can point me to some cryonics web/internet sites or >related sites that you know of. Have you even TRIED Yahoo? It does a great job, and is much faster than asking News readers to do it for you. ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Department of Neuroscience, UCSD | | http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/ | `------------------------------------------------------------------' Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8603