Editing Interstellar travel (section)

==== Suspended animation ====
{{Main|Sleeper ship}}

Scientists and writers have postulated various techniques for [[suspended animation]]. These include human [[hibernation]] and [[cryonics|cryonic preservation]]. Although neither is currently practical, they offer the possibility of [[sleeper ship]]s in which the passengers lie inert for the long duration of the voyage.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Various articles on hibernation|journal=Journal of the British Interplanetary Society|date=2006|volume=59|pages=81–144}}</ref>