Hibernation pods, or the hibernaculum, is a personalized hibernation chamber that induces sleep or suspended animation. They are first seen on the Discovery in the 2001: A Space Odyssey film. The word hibernaculum is not used in the 2001 novel, but appears later in Arthur C. Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey.[1] Use of hibernation pods appear throughout Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. Hibernation pods are used to artificially induce sleep on selected crew personnel for lengthy space travel. The me