Did it ever occur to any of you that being in the hypersleep chamber, Weyland already effectively had immortality?
The only product on the market capable of suspending the body’s autonomic functions while maintaining the health of each individual cell during stasis. A Holographic display communicates with ship’s mainframe to monitor metabolic conditions to suspend cell function. The Hypersleep Chambers can be programmed to initiate, maintain and terminate hypersleep stasis of human crew depending on length of mission and percent FTL travel. Zero-loss lithium ion batteries in a tertiary backup system support the chamber’s function for up to 100 years in case of emergency.
From the Weyland Industries site:
The only product on the market capable of suspending the body’s autonomic functions while maintaining the health of each individual cell during stasis. A Holographic display communicates with ship’s mainframe to monitor metabolic conditions to suspend cell function. The Hypersleep Chambers can be programmed to initiate, maintain and terminate hypersleep stasis of human crew depending on length of mission and percent FTL travel. Zero-loss lithium ion batteries in a tertiary backup system support the chamber’s function for up to 100 years in case of emergency.
Now in the film, we clearly see him communicating with David via the neural interfacer, implying that he could have perfectly lucid conversations, issue orders and directives, etc. My thought is this: he could have remained in stasis for practically forever, doing whatever he needed to do (e.g. manage the affairs of his corporation) via proxy with, for example, a David.
It certainly wouldn't have been any good for the plot of the film, of course.