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Hibernating for Deep Spaceflight with Ryan Sprenger
Season 15 · Episode 54

Hibernating for Deep Spaceflight with Ryan Sprenger

How close are we to enabling astronauts to go into deep sleep for long space journeys? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly team up with Ryan Sprenger, Senior Research Scientist at Fauna Bio, to explore whether humans can hibernate like animals do.

StarTalk Radio · Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly, Ryan Sprenger

September 20, 202445m 17s

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Show Notes

How close are we to enabling  astronauts to go into deep sleep for long space journeys? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly team up with Ryan Sprenger, Senior Research Scientist at Fauna Bio, to explore whether humans can hibernate like animals do.

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