Timeship

Julie Lasky of Design Observer says: I thought you guys might be interested in minutes I dug up from a 2003 cryogenics seminar, with attendees discussing the design of Timeship, a loopy facility for housing 10,000 frozen dead people.

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Her first novel, Astropilots, was chosen as the lead in OMNI-Scholastic's Timeship series in 1987, and was a hit with middle-graders in the US and overseas.

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Proceedings of a 2003 seminar about Timeship, a visionary project designed by Stephen Valentine for storing the frozen remains of people awaiting reanimation

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The architect of Timeship, Stephen Valentine, just came out with a book [Timeship: The Architecture of Immortality] about his still-unbuilt design.

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Readers may also find out more on the Timeship web site, which will be up by Tuesday, September 8, at Timeship. org.

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009

The science behind Timeship is the most respected in the cryonics field, including vitrification, the process of cryopreserving patients without damaging ice crystals.

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009

If the Timeship becomes a reality, the $300 million building could house up to 10,000 such souls who will have undergone the procedure in the hope of awakening in the future.

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009

Timeship is a serious project, as Observer readers will be able to see when the read the book, Timeship [The Architecture of Immortality].

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009

Again, I urge all Observer readers to get the book, Timeship: The Architecture of Immortality, to see the detailed and careful planning that has gone into this project.

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009

Over the next two years Mr. Valentine plans to develop temporary pods for people wishing to inhabit the Timeship but who might die before it is built.

Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009