The possibility of room-temperature, or at least above water-freeze (which causes major damage) suspended animation comes to mind. Then the person can actually be woken up (for possible treatment) at any time, rather than having to wait for nanotech or brain scanning.
That’s true too. Though there are immediate problems that spring to mind, like how long one could remain in that state, for example, I doubt you could spend 100 years like that.
The possibility of room-temperature, or at least above water-freeze (which causes major damage) suspended animation comes to mind. Then the person can actually be woken up (for possible treatment) at any time, rather than having to wait for nanotech or brain scanning.
That’s true too. Though there are immediate problems that spring to mind, like how long one could remain in that state, for example, I doubt you could spend 100 years like that.
I’m not willing to guess here—I’m likely to be massively wrong (though my gut feel is similar to yours).
With shorter periods space travel in Solar system might be a good application.
An excellent point.