On Monday, May 27, 2013 4:40:27 AM UTC+12, bob haller wrote:
The passengers (but not the 12 crew) are sent to Mars in 8.5 months are put in suspended animation for most of the journey out and back. * This allows each passenger and crew to be housed in a lead lined cylinder that protects them from radiation with a minimum of mass.





Suspended animation chambers are housed in a lead lined 'storm shelter' that reduce radiation levels to 1/8th ambient levels and mass only 92 kg per person. *7 x 8 x 6 suspended animation chambers are housed in the compact volume 3.6 m x 3.2 m x 15 m. *168 chambers house 162 passenger and crew with 6 spares.



has ANY PROGRESS been made on suspended animation??

Absolutely! I gave a link to Dr. Mike Roth's TED talk on the subject. They're already in human trials, and the system is quite simple and readily adaptable to space transport.

http://labs.fhcrc.org/roth/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVAaZVz9pDs

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/w...cle1997270.ece

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/scienc...cle2917904.ece

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/w...cle2612356.ece