Редактирование: Passengers (раздел)

== Transhumanist elements ==
* The [[suspended animation]] of passengers has similarities with [[cryonics | cryopreservation]], except that there is no indication that low temperatures are involved
* It is implied that the task of awakening someone from suspended animation is harder than the task of suspending them in the first place - this is in contrast with current cryonics thinking (but it adds extra tension to the plot)
* The spaceship has an infirmary containing a bed-like unit with numerous advanced diagnostic and restorative functions - but, apparently, with no ability to rejuvenate elderly passengers to a more youthful state
* The passengers are accompanied by a human-like android robot bartender, who misses one of the nuances of human interaction and thereby unwittingly(?) precipitates a social crisis on board the ship
* The spaceship is serviced by numerous small robots that perform tasks such as cleaning; there are also holographic displays of guides and lecturers
* The software operating the spaceship has the built-in assumption that it is impossible for passengers to awaken mid-journey, so it seemingly fails to know how to deal with this circumstance