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NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-know-someone-perfect-for-this dept.

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."

3 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. I'm in. by Mattygfunk1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can I bring a friend? In all seriousness, what if you need to rub one out?

  2. To do today: by bryanp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Things to do today:

    Find out if NASA will let me have a laptop in that bed.
    Find out if my boss will let me telecommute for the next 90 days.

    --
    "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Col. Jeff Cooper
  3. And then...? by snarfies · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Will they also pay to rehabilitate you and your degenerated muscles afterwards?