The two-week torpor periods would be straddled , so that there is always one astronaut who is awake for a brief period . A study done for NASA examined astronauts being unconscious for space travel . It would use a medical method called therapeutic hypothermia . It is usually used to treat the ##s by inducing torpor , a type of hibernation . The study concluded it would be better for the astronauts and deeply cut costs .
A study done for NASA examined astronauts being unconscious for space travel . It would use a medical method called therapeutic hypothermia . It is usually used to treat the ##s by inducing torpor , a type of hibernation . The study concluded it would be better for the astronauts and deeply cut costs .