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They could have both lived to see Homestead II

posted 8 years ago by KateOTomato (5)
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At the end, once they figured out about hibernating in the Autodoc, they should have decided to share it, one at a time.

Person 1 goes in Autodoc for hibernation, Person 2 lives for one year alone, wakes up Person 2, have one romantic day together, and then Person 2 hibernates in the Autodoc for one year.

They will only have aged 44 years by the time the ship got to Homestead II.

During their time alone, they could write a journal/record video diaries, and the other person can read/watch it during their time awake.

I also feel the loneliness wouldn't be as bad since you have that one day of romance with the other to look forward to, not to mention actually getting to see the colony planet at the end.

If anything happens to the person awake, and they need to use the Autodoc for medical treatment, they can wake up the hibernating person any time to do so. If the awake person dies, then the hibernating person would just remain hibernating until the crew wakes up. Seems pretty foolproof to me.

The only other theory I saw that was similar was this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Passengers/comments/6458wj/hacking_the_ending_earth_by_55/

But in that situation, Jim and Aurora would be splitting their time evenly (awake, asleep, together) and would have aged 59 years at the end (if both of them would even live into their 80s-90s). I don't think that's an ideal situation for anyone.

[–] CraigJamesReview (1816) 8 years ago

I suppose they would both be like 70 years old if they did it your way and would have spent most of those years alone on a space ship. It probably wouldn't be as good as you think and by the time they go there, they would already be too old to build something for themselves.

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[–] KateOTomato (5) 8 years ago

70 year olds still have a pretty good quality of life in developed countries today, I think we can surmise that ~500 years from now (with advancements in biology/medicine) that it'd be even better. Who knows, maybe the average person lives to 120 by that time.

[–] CraigJamesReview (1816) 8 years ago

But I believe they would actually have to help in the building of the colony on mars. They may just get there and be considered too old for that.

[–] LeiaOfLothlorien (1980) 8 years ago

Hmm. I actually like this idea. Except maybe it would be better to sleep a little less (1-3 months?) and have more time together at a time (perhaps a week or two).

[–] Ldlamb (655) 8 years ago

I'll take 50 years with one person on the ship and then kids and grandkids.

Your plan would be torture without a significantly more positive outcome.

[–] Cheepshooter (672) 8 years ago

Kids, yes. Grandkids . . . . that would be tricky. Lots of uncle-daddies.