NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed 239
tracer818 writes "In order to study a person as if they were in space without gravity, NASA scientists are paying subjects $17,000 to stay in bed for 90 straight days. The study will follow the Bed Rest Project standard model and be conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Participants will live in a special research unit for the entire study and be fed a carefully controlled diet."
Re:What's that movie? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:What's that movie? (Score:3, Interesting)
You don't need to build a huge space station.
day 89, and you have to bail? (Score:3, Interesting)
It'd really suck if you got to day 89, and then had a family emergency.
Re:I'm in. (Score:4, Interesting)
Also, it would be a cut in pay for me.
Re:Paying People To Lie in Bed (Score:3, Interesting)
Not even nearly worth it (Score:2, Interesting)
If I had chosen not to have surgery, I would have needed to lie on my back for twelve weeks. I was told that it would take about two years to get back to normal strength if I'd gone down that route...
You couldn't pay me enough to be in bed for 90 days.
Deeper understanding (Score:5, Interesting)
Will some experimental drugs help counteract the effects of weightlessness?
Can the problems be alleviated with specific exercises during weightlessness?
How long will it take to recover after returning to gravity? If an astronaut is weightless on a trip to Mars, can he be back up in a week or a month?
If you want to treat something as a problem to overcome, you might need to know more than "It's bad", ok?
Under $8/hour to ruin your health? (Score:3, Interesting)
I might consider doing it for Ten Times that amount $150k to $200K. Not worth risking my health otherwise.
Not to mention this would probably feel like torture after a week. My back gets sore if I lay in bed too long on Sunday mornings.
Not worth the health risks (Score:3, Interesting)