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NASA "Bed Rest" Contractor Blogs the Days

Arguendo writes "It seems that earning $5000 a month for bed rest as a NASA contractor may not be so enjoyable after all. A 38 year-old woman selected for the study is blogging about her experience as test subject for NASA's study about the long-term effects of microgravity on people. There's quite a bit of information on her page, including info about the screening process, the food options [.xls link], and the not-so-great days of testing and immobility. It definitely sounds like work."

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  1. Stay immobile and eat all day? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    NASA owes most slashdotters a whole lot of money!

    1. Re:Stay immobile and eat all day? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forget about wrist action.

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    2. Re:Stay immobile and eat all day? by martin_henry · · Score: 3, Funny

      So immobile now
      In bed my body will stay
      Head in Blogosphere

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  2. Re:Just need to learn to live "in the moment" by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or you could just play world of warcraft. Shame about the ping times though.

  3. Re:Ahhh by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have a typo on line 132.

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  4. Stop complaining! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where else can an attractive young lady make that much money just by lying on her back?

  5. Re:Stuck in a bed for months = torture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    what you start salivating?

  6. Re:Erm, huh? by Ironchew · · Score: 1, Funny

    1. Don't RTFA. Most of them link to ads anyway.
    2. Hone your troll-dom to a fine art.
    3. Tell people they're absolutely wrong, no matter what the subject material is.
    4. ???
    5. Profit!

  7. Re:science.slashdot.org by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they're trying to be funny? 'cause, you know, she's idle.

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