Space, Time and Longevity is linked. Google Research Longevity are they interested in India traditions.
Longevity is a key step to explore distant plants. How this is possible further to extend human life beyond a certain limit.
According old Hindu traditions and old transcripts (West has always use Hindu Mythology) there is always narration of living beyond the normal life span of a living being.
In Purana, the warriors life span is around 100 yrs+. There is narration of no death (ChiranJeevi, who never dies). The poetic and other scholars explained this as the human nature and those kind of personalities you can find till we survives.
Avoid another debate on the same, most of the scholars agree on clear narration of human/living creatures beyond the normal life span.
examples: Personalities like Hanuman and Jabhuvaan has been mentioned in Mahabharata and Ramayana (Written with at least 4- human generation gap). Interestingly, Hanuman is depicted in many yogic posture similar to Lord Siva
Bhishma was 84 yrs during the Kurushektra war, he was the most eminent warrior during that time and general of the Kauravas (16 yrs, with her mother + 2 yrs approx + 16 yrs for Vijitraveera to grow up and get married, +18 yrs of Pandu to be born, 16 yrs to pandavas to get a kingdom to rule + 16 yrs when Abhimanyu dies in the battle field). In war he has only few times shown the full capacity as warrior. He hold all Pandava including Arjuna, the great warrior at bay.
It is mentioned that Bhishma has ability to choose his time of death. I believe this is not kind of myth.
Our scientific and technical capabilities were advance that time. Please refer what Mr J Robert Oppenheimer, brain behind the atom bomb, talk about Indian Scientific books and Vedas.
In Ayurveda, it has been mentioned about the "Kayakalpam" or "Kayakalpa" to increase longevity and Vitality. Let us start a stepping stone from us.
http://kaya-kalpa.org/what-is-kayakalpa.php
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