Brian Atkins forwarded:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/22/magazine/22DESIGN.html
I have known about this project for some time through Bill Faloon and other
sources. It will indeed be a legitimate enterprise and I wish Bill, Saul
and the others involved the best of fortunes with it. Personally, I think
it may be a case of putting the cart before the horse --I am optimistic
about the future of cryonics, but for a building with a 10,000 patient
capacity, I am not so certain whether or not now is the best time to create
such a project. Still, I am also aware that the effective creation of a
facility of this size should add a lot of credibility to the field of cryonics.
Since the timeframe for TimeShip to be operating is about six years away, it
is possible that given enough marketing, cryonics will be palatable to
enough people that the facility will be useful and even necessary. It is,
however, a bit of a leap of faith, and one which I hope is effective.
In the meantime, it is my hope that more people become willing to do more in
the field of cryonics than is currently being done. The best way to ensure
that TimeShip launches effectively is to help lay the groundwork.
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E. Shaun Russell Operations Officer, Extropy Institute
e_shaun@extropy.org http://www.extropy.org
COO and Director, Kryos, Inc.
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