Re: New to this group.

>       I've been facinated by the concept cryonics but that facination
> has lead to several questions regarding the wisdom of spending large
> quantities of money for an unproven idea.

You may consider subscribing to the Considering Cryonics mailinglist which
deals with the sort of questions you asked here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ConsideringCryonics/