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NASA has unveiled the dream job for all the lazy people – lounging in bed for a few months and a pay reward of 16 500 €. Not bad, what do you think?
Rest under artificial gravity
The space agency, which is collaborating with the German national research center for aeronautics and space (DLR).
It is looking for new crew medical personnel aged 24 to 55 for a study of rest under artificial gravity, which examines the effects of weightlessness on the human body.
Experiment
The experiment lasts 89 days – 5 days of familiarization, 60 days of bed rest and 14 days of recovery and rehabilitation after the astronauts return to Earth so they can reintegrate into everyday life.
Course of the experiment
Participants are accommodated in a single room where the temperature is kept at a constant level and during the 60-day lying period everything is done in a horizontal position: eating, showering, going to the toilet and so on.
Of course, so that participants don’t die of boredom, leisure activities such as watching TV and reading are allowed. Study planners say you could use the time to take online courses or learn new skills. They do not rule out using social networks or watching favorite movies and series.
Human centrifuge
Study participants also spend 30 minutes a day in a “human centrifuge” that “generates artificial gravity and redistributes body fluids back into the body”. It sounds quite unpleasant, but NASA promises that it’s not “like a fairground ride”, in fact it moves slowly.
Of course, they have a top team of scientific, physiotherapy and medical personnel available.
And if you’re worried that all that time spent in bed might cause you to gain weight, don’t worry, because all meals are carefully planned by nutrition experts who will work on the number of calories needed to maintain health and proper nutrition.
If that sounds a bit depressing, on the study page you can read that: “Meals are not” extra healthy “- sometimes it’s pancakes or sweets – but it is cooked without additives or artificial sweeteners.”
What is the reward?
So, to recap: two months in bed, no need to speak to anyone other than the researchers, pancakes and 16 500 €. REGISTER IMMEDIATELY.
The study begins in September with several follow-up tests at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne.
