What If You Hibernated for 100 Years?

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Pack your bags because you’re traveling through space to see Alpha Centauri. There’s just one problem. It’s going to take 100 years. But is it possible to sleep through the trip? Get comfy because you’re going nighty-night for an entire century. What technology would you need? What would happen to your body while you’re asleep? And what sort of stuff could be waiting for you in the future?

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00:00 What If You Hibernated for 100 Years?
00:51 Hibernation
03:11 Cryogenics
03:58 Waking up in a new century
05:15 Would you survive?

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