I'm really stupid and don't understand science and math very well, so it's hard for me to differentiate between absolutely absurd science-fiction like the technology in Star Wars or something, and realistic and possibly feasible science-fiction like in 2001.
Is cryonics a promising field or research or no? It's often a trope in science-fiction, and while I realize that we aren't capable yet of thawing out people from it, I'm wondering if there is a good amount of science saying that it should someday be possible or not. I guess I'm asking if it is comparable to our research into, say, nuclear fusion. Something that we aren't yet capable of but have been making a lot of strides towards in the past few decades.
>tl;dr
Are we going to be able to put astronauts in freezers someday and thaw them out in the space microwave or no
Is cryonics a promising field or research or no? It's often a trope in science-fiction, and while I realize that we aren't capable yet of thawing out people from it, I'm wondering if there is a good amount of science saying that it should someday be possible or not. I guess I'm asking if it is comparable to our research into, say, nuclear fusion. Something that we aren't yet capable of but have been making a lot of strides towards in the past few decades.
>tl;dr
Are we going to be able to put astronauts in freezers someday and thaw them out in the space microwave or no
