Drawings in the early 20th century also showed very large space sh and stations, almost like flooring Hties, writers at the time knew that trips to other stars would take hundreds of years Those who left Earth would die on the journey there, leaving their descendants to arrive at the 4e destination instead. Some writers addressed this problem by using the concept of suspended animator a sleep in which person doesn't grow older. Such travelers would awaken at the end of their journey, hundreds of years in the future it is not impossible that these ideas could become reality one day