NASA will pay you to lie in bed

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endfire79

December 11, 2014, 10:26:10 PM
Any takers ?


http://uk.businessinsider.com/nasa-will-pays-you-to-lie-in-bed-2013-9

If you have the stamina to lie in bed for 70 days straight, NASA will pay you $18,000 — no joke.

It's actually called the "Bed Rest Studies — The Exercise Study (CFT 70)."

They say the study is "designed to minimise loss of muscle, bone and cardiovascular function through high intensity interval-type aerobic exercises on alternating days, with continuous aerobic exercise daily."
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Martok

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December 12, 2014, 03:54:57 AM
Nope, couldn't do it.  I'm lazy, but not *that* lazy!  I would go stark-raving mad. 
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LongBlade

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December 12, 2014, 07:16:15 AM
My life is far too hectic to contemplate that.
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Ubercat

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December 12, 2014, 08:09:58 PM
I was seriously tempted to do that about 10 years ago but never pursued it. Even the thought of the amazing PC I could build with that kind of money wasn't enough to make me take the plunge.
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MikeGER

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December 13, 2014, 03:32:40 AM
its not fun!
i recently saw a documention about Mars mission pre-studies where two volunteer lying in IC-style hospital beds , and not allowed to even rise there upper body once. Shit, Shower and Shave, you name it... all in horizontal position.
one was lifted with a crane (to stay horizontal) and was allowed to exercise on a treadmill, but hanging horizontal from the ceiling with a complicated set of rubber-bands and a special harness so his feats got pressed against the vertical positioned mill... not fun!
and a serious backslash to your health. You will need month before you are the same again if your the one chosen to spend the time without any 'astronaut-exercise'-setup to provide the difference to the one who the doctors try to keep in shape.       
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