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NASA is looking for people to lay in bed for 60 days and earn $18,522
NASA, along with the German Aerospace Center and the European Space Agency, is looking for people to lay in bed for 60 days and earn $18,522. During this time the subject will do everything while in bed. They will eat, sleep, dress, and shower all while laying down. Seems like a sweet deal for the subjects but it almost seems to good to be true. Why would NASA pay so much money for people to just lay around? Well, the answer has to do with the effects of weightlessness on astronaut health.
The study will be most likely taking place later this year. Only 24 volunteers are needed but each one will have to remain in bed for 60 days. During that time they will have to perform all manner of daily tasks while laying down. In addition, the beds will be at a slight incline in order to cause fluids in the body to shift toward the head. The idea is to simulate the negative effects that weightlessness has on the human body and develop methods to counteract those effects.
NASA is conducting a 60-day experiment research ways to counteract the effects of weightlessness on astronaut's health.While experiencing weightlessness in space the human body can experience some side effects. Learning how to counteract these side effects will be an important step toward long-term space missions.
Spending a long time in a weightless environment can be very hard on the human body. It’s important to find ways to maintain the health of astronauts as space missions get longer and longer. Any mission to Mars will require a very long time in space just to get to the planet. Hopefully, these experiments will help us find a way to counteract some of the negative effects.
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