The ideal job? They pay $ 19,000 for 60 days in bed – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are asking for 24 volunteers who can stay in bed for 60 days, noting that those who attend will receive about $ 19,000 for their collaboration.

The experiment will be conducted in Germany and will aim to understand the impact of space travel on the human body and thus to test the potential benefits of artificial gravity in distant space missions.

"Join now the study of bed rest! For a better life", is the hook of the official program page. And it continues: "On behalf of NASA and ESA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is studying how the body is changing in weightlessness. Here on Earth, bed rest simulates this condition. We are looking for people who participate in a study on bed rest from September to December 2019 in Cologne and spend 60 days in recostados ".

At first glance, this seems like an ideal job, but the truth is that it's a rather complicated task.

The two dozen volunteers will be tested in two groups: first, they will start with 15 days of acclimatization, then they will go to 60 days of absolute rest where they can not get up at all and there should always be at least one shoulder in contact with the surface.

The bed will be slightly inclined so that the legs are higher than the head and thus improve the circulation, according to the site of BGR. From time to time, participants will be driven to a centrifugal machine so that the blood returns to the feet when simulating the effects of gravity.

Those who enroll in the program must meet certain requirements: do not smoke, measure between 1.53 and 1.90 and be in a certain age range.

The project team will conduct a careful selection process to locate the best candidates for their experience. will be held between September and December of this year.