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  • If you had the option, would you hibernate for months? What about years?

  • We're still ways out from figuring out human hibernation, but even if scientists do make

  • it a reality, there are still some complications.

  • So, say hibernation was used in deep space missions, because our bodies don't

  • store food reserves, an astronaut would need to be fed through a tube surgically inserted

  • from the abdomen into the stomach. Yikes!

  • Sounds awful right?

  • So are you still interested?

  • Let us know down in the comments and if you want to learn more about what hibernation

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If you had the option, would you hibernate for months? What about years?

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