
Can you nap? I’ve been nap averse for as long as I can remember: When I was a kid, I much preferred harassing my mom to fry me a pink slice of Spam and watch TV than slip into dreamland. But my commitment to remain in the waking world wouldn’t help me get to space — according to the European Space Agency, human hibernation could be the way we safely transport people across the six-month expanse between here and Mars.