NASA wants to pay you $17,000 to stay in bed… for 90 days

NASA wants to pay you $17,000 to stay in bed… for 90 days

May 10th, 2008 ·

NASA is seeking participants for a test on the effects of microgravity on the human body, offering $17,000 for 90 days of “work”. What are the requirements? The ability to lay in bed for nearly 90 days straight without going mentally insane. The Bed Rest Study is being done in Houston by NASA in the “Human Test Subject Facility” in Johnson Space Center. If you’re tired of a regular 9 to 5 and want to get away, maybe you should consider packing your bags and moving to Houston? Before you do that though, you might want to consider exactly what the study entails…

From the Bed Rest Study Website:

After the first 11-15-day period, participants will spend 90 days lying in bed, (except for limited times for specific tests) with their body slightly tilted downward (head down, feet up). Every day, they will be awake for 16 hours and lights out (asleep) for 8 hours. During the bed rest time they will also take part in a number of tests to find out changes in the state of their bone, muscle, heart and circulatory system, and nervous system, as well as their nutritional condition and their ability to fight off infections.

If the job seems right up your alley, you can apply online, although you’ll have to pass a medical examination and a blood test.

We couldn’t imagine doing the study, the monotony and lack of exercise would kill us. That much suffering for $17,000, no thanks! Of course, if we were already basically bedridden, we would jump on this in a heartbeat.