Folks in a NASA study ... were actually supposed to spend 90 days inclined at an angle of -6 degrees (with their heads lower than the rest of their bodies) to simulate the effects of microgravity. But last week they had to end the study early because Hurricane Ike was headed straight for them in Galveston, Texas.Pillownaut | New ScientistOne of them had spent 78 days in bed.
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like Rory Calhoun?
i wonder how much nasa pays people to stay in bed at a funny angle for three months.
I hope they still get their $12,000. At least NASA should pro-rate it.
@#2 $15,000 (but you don’t do it for the money)
I signed up for that thing a few months ago, haven’t heard anything, but here’s hoping now they’ll be looking for a new crop of “subjects” since this experiment was cut short. That would royally suck, and here’s hoping they get another shot if they want it.
A lot of volunteers are put off by that bit at the end of the study, where they dissect you.
Nice work, if you can get it…
…but now they have to start all over again.
Clearly, god wasn’t kidding about that sloth shit. He is cracking down! Get up! Work the fields until you die, give all your money to the Catholic Church! AHHHHHHHHHHH!
Well, that has to suck. They were almost done, then their work gets washed away – quite literally! Talk about frustrating.
BTW, what are the qualifications for signing up? I’d love to, but I have health problems that may get in the way of lying down that way for months. I’m already investigating one blood clot with my doctor, I really wouldn’t want another, or to aggravate the one I have now. You know?
The one question I’m wondering about (and maybe this is addressed in the blog) is: how do they go to the bathroom?
All that hard work gone to… well, all that work… uh, well, what a waste at any rate.
#10: Astronauts are familiar with the “Joys” of diapers, catheters, and other such things. I imagine the test subjects would get the same treatment.