Thousands of applications flood NASA to "sleep on family"

NASA and ESA are starting to receive apps for those wishing to participate in the experiment announced a few days ago, which includes $ 19,000 for a 60-day bed rest.

"We received 1,300 apps in one day, but before that, we had received thousands, mostly from the United States, Canada and Britain," said Frederika Fotcher, spokesperson for the United States. Institute of Space Medicine of the German Space Center (DLR). She added that the main condition to be fulfilled by the applicant was proficiency in the German language.

The trial includes 15 days of preparation and 60 days in bed, during which participants will be followed by more than 100 doctors and experts who will undergo various tests to determine the effect of weightlessness on the human body followed by 14 days of rehabilitation.

It is assumed that 24 people will accept and join the applicant to pass complex tests and complete a form as well as the success of the interview and psychologist tests, to confirm his state of psychological readiness. According to Fuchser, all this is in order to reduce cases of refusal to continue the experience after launch.

"Of course, every participant has the right to leave the experience at any time, so we try to avoid that as much as possible," she said. It is common to leave the experience. "

It is true that they can not meet their parents, relatives and friends during the experiment, but they have the right to use the phone, internet and to watch TV freely, and when necessary, we can move the participant and his bed in another room, Temporary ".

Fotcher stresses that participation in this experience does not entitle the participant to participate in space flights or any advantage of becoming an astronaut.

Source: Novosti