NASA's tempting offer: 19 000 USD for two months in bed

If you're one of those who do not get tired of sleeping, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, for its acronym in English) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have the perfect job for you. Both developers They offer 19 000 USD (equivalent to 366 thousand 957 pesos) to interested parties participating in a study on human bodies when they are in space.

The 24 participants, 12 men and 12 women, they will have to stay in bed for 60 days and also undergo 29 days of acclimation and recovery, determine how artificial gravity could help astronauts stay healthy in space.

Jennifer Ngo-Anh, head of the ESA research team, badured that this project It is the product of an international collaboration.

"For these missions to be possible, the health risks of astronauts must be minimized." This study allows us to address the problem of muscular atrophy caused by weightlessnessbut also other stressors such as cosmic radiation, isolation and spatial restrictions, "he said.

Those chosen by the special agencies will be studied on the campus of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), where they will stay in beds with their heads bent six degrees and with one of your shoulders touching the mattress at all times, the position will decrease blood flow to the head and muscles.

This position will allow researchers to notice changes in the human body, for diet and exercise modifications.

Space agencies will conduct several different experiments throughout the study, to corroborate cardiovascular function, balance, muscle strength, metabolism and cognitive performance, among other factors of participants.

"He will rotate to encourage blood flow in your feet and allow researchers to understand the potential of artificial gravity fight against the effects of weightlessness, "reads the statement of the ESA.

He added that "the intensity of the centrifugal force can be adapted to each person according to their size. DLR can also adjust the center of rotation so that the subjects turn around the head or bads. This change of position could have serious consequences for rehabilitation, but as this is a new area, these consequences are currently unknown. "