Species Time Reference Frame
SPACE1 has noted, studied, and observed different time reference frames for different species. What is the significance of this for space travel?
Just as birds have a very high metabolism compared to humans, other species are just as varied in their metabolic rates ranging from slow to fast.
For space travel, frogs and salamanders for example, may ultimately hibernate and have the slowest metabolic time reference, ideal for long space journeys. However in real time, snails are very slow movers, and at the opposite end of the spectrum, many aquatics such as fish exceed the speed of working time reference of humans. On the very rapid and extremely fast metabolic rate time, a humming bird has an ultimately fast heart rate and reactive response time that is often only captured by high speed cameras. During short lasting high speed space missions, a humming bird could make many more decisions per unit time compared to slower species.
Species Metabolic Rates (Heart) Slow to Fast
Frog (slow) 0 BPM during hibernation
Snail 10 to 40 BPM 15-35C
Fish 55 BPM
Human 75 BPM
Daphnia 432 BPM @ 25C
Bird (fast) 850 BPM
AI Machine (slow to fast) nanoseconds to deep sleep
It's interesting to compare AI Machine species to the list, which can program itself to encompass the entire spectrum of metabolic rates. Therefore one would want an AI Machine species present on a space mission to compensate for the various stages of the mission that require both long term patience and split second decisions.
