 How did suspension help the crew?
There were round dials set in a row above a speaker. Over the mesh-covered speaker, two knobs glowed red. The curve met another straight bulkhead on the left. The mesh-covered hole and the two lights looked like a caricature of a face, set in a panel of dials. I reached down to the tightness that held my body, found the wide strap that held me and fumbled with the buckle. How do you describe being weightless when you are born into a world bound by gravity. There was no sensation of place, no feeling of up or down, no direction. I pushed out into it and grasped the metal rail that ran along the wall. I reasoned it was there to propel yourself through the passageway in this weightless atmosphere. After the first shock of looking out, I accepted the fact that I was in a space ship, yet I couldn't read the maps that were fastened to a table, nor understand the function or design of the compact machinery. It was the only thing I saw that could help me, guard me against another shock like seeing outside of the clear portholes. "You have been removed from suspension. "Do not begin operations until the others are removed from suspension." Your maximum deviation from schedule cannot exceed two degrees. His muscular body was secured by a wide belt. He was as still as death, motionless without warmth or breath as I hovered over him.
 They could travel through space for a long distance.
 They could survive without oxygen.  They could live on an inhospitable planet.  They could survive with lack of gravity.  They could travel through space for a long distance.