You wanna make the 7-month “hop” to Mars? We’ve determined ‘tis a far better thing to sleep through the trip than to look out the window. So let’s get practical. There you are, ready for the Long Dream (hope it’s a good one), looking fine in your futuristic metrosexual undies, trusting your space-mates to take good care. Now what? Here’s the latest thinking (for real): First, you get taped up for heart rhythm, blood pressure, oxygen levels, etc. Next, you get a sedative to kn

Remember the movie “Passengers” from a year or two back? It’s a couple hundred years in the future and big space-liners are ferrying hundreds of humans to a new Eden-like planet that takes, I dunno, a hundred years in Earth time to get to, so everyone months their hibernation pods for a big sleep, so they can wake up relaxed and refreshed when they arrive. Nice concept. Meanwhile, back here in Earth-bound labs, there’s serious science at a furious pace getting done on this pe