Cryogenic sleep in Alien(s)

[Longhorn_Fan68]

Ok, something I don't understand about the purpose of the cryogenic sleep in the Alien series. I do believe it to be true that the purpose of it is that you are asleep during the long travel through open space (months to maybe even years on end). However, what I don't understand is this: do you age during that time? And if you do, what about all the people you know and love? Are they aging in real time while you're not aging? Or is the point to just keep you unconscious while you're traveling?

I know the power of hornfans will prevail here.

 

[SubliminalHorn]

Remember Ripley's daughter had already grown old and died by the time she had returned to Earth in Aliens?

 

[Longhorn_Fan68]

I did not recall that. Then again, I haven't watched that movie in a few years. Caught Alien the other night and had planned to watch Aliens soon.

I guess that about clears it up.

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[HornsForever'93]

Ripley also had the oldest cat as well

 

[jcdenton]

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[jcdenton]

In addition to the above, being put into hibernation (I don't think the sleep in Aliens was "cryogenic" sleep because that would imply actually being frozen at extremely low temperatures, which I don't think they were) would make the twin paradox effect even more pronounced, since you would presumably age at an even slower rate (kind of like how coma victims appear to age very slowly).

Of course if it was true crogenic sleep, the aging process would be pretty much completely stopped because there would be no metabolic processes whatsoever.

 

[mia1994]

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[jcdenton]

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[flaco]

Maybe suspended animation not as far out as once thought.

 

[El Sapo]

I age more slowly when I'm on the crapper. It's probably all the concentrating, though.