$17,000 - Get Paid to Stay in Bed for 3 Months

[dgridley]

Earn $5000 A Month To Lie In Bed

Need a break from the working, walking, and standing required by the demanding and stressful life you lead?

Well, pack your bags for Houston because NASA wants to pay you $17,000 to stay in bed for 90 straight days.

The bed-rest experiment, to take place in the Human Test Subject Facility of Johnson Space Center, is designed to allow scientists to study some of the effects of microgravity on the human body. We read on the Bed Rest Study website:

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.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/nasa-offers-500.html

I'd do it but don't want to cut into the time I already spend in bed.. I'd have to cut back :p

 

[Smiler]

The question is, can you access the internet and can you have any human contact or what so ever. 3 months is a long time.

 

[Dougy]

Yeah, I saw that on Slashdot

 

[liquidcherry]

Lol, i tried to sign up and got this:

Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


That shows me:

A:

.ASP suxx

B:

they don't need me...

C:

dang, 5k a month for laying in bed would have been a god way to make some money....but on the other side, i prefer to get up every morning where one of my dog sticks his tongue in his my ear so that i jump out of the bed ....

Cheers

Frank

 

[weblord]

what a shame, they need to pay their programmer or all money was put on this project. :lol:

Lol, i tried to sign up and got this:

Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>


That shows me:

A:

.ASP suxx

B:

they don't need me...

C:

dang, 5k a month for laying in bed would have been a god way to make some money....but on the other side, i prefer to get up every morning where one of my dog sticks his tongue in his my ear so that i jump out of the bed ....

Cheers

Frank

 

[Michelle]

Ooooo I wonder if they are looking for a strange UK peep :sold:

 

[Chris]

I wonder how NASA can afford $17,000 for this experiment...must of got a grant.

As someone said, I think they should cover all health care costs if needed after the experiment is over. The $17,000 doesn't sound like much if there's a chance of health problems later. It would be very boring for 3 months.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Yes I needed a break

This might help me.

 

[lighting_blue]

A Break for 3 month ? Maybe another Bed Break after Prison Break ?

 

[wikes82]

If it's a stasis (suspended animation) research, then I'll sign up.
3 months would be like a second if you're in stasis

 

[dgridley]

Haha.. I get so stiff in the joints after sitting for 5 mins, I could never last 3 months! I'd never walk again!

I wonder how NASA can afford $17,000 for this experiment...must of got a grant.

As someone said, I think they should cover all health care costs if needed after the experiment is over. The $17,000 doesn't sound like much if there's a chance of health problems later. It would be very boring for 3 months.

 

[htmlindex]

Sign me up! $17k for 3 months of relaxation. :sold:

 

[Malaysia]

if it means 3 months in bed ..without getting a chance to walk around or even get outta bed..more like a coma person.. i think i can go crazy like dat..

 

[nicedomains]

if it means 3 months in bed ..without getting a chance to walk around or even get outta bed..more like a coma person.. i think i can go crazy like dat..

And terrible bed sores! :lol:

 

[recluse99]

Ummm, I heard about this years ago! The only problem is after the 'work' , your body is poor shape needing lots of working out to rebuild the muscle. Is it worth it? Try a sleep study first. :p

 

[dezinerite]

I could do that. LOL!

 

[Ixix]

Need a break from the working, walking, and standing required by the demanding and stressful life you lead?

Well, pack your bags for Houston because NASA wants to pay you $17,000 to stay in bed for 90 straight days.

The bed-rest experiment, to take place in the Human Test Subject Facility of Johnson Space Center, is designed to allow scientists to study some of the effects of microgravity on the human body. We read on the Bed Rest Study website:

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.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/...offers-500.html

I'd do it but don't want to cut into the time I already spend in bed.. I'd have to cut back?

this reminds me of eddie murphy's 'i wanna be a ho' home course....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZVnve5wG0A

 

[dgridley]

I'm in such poor shape, anything I do will just improve it. I have no where to go but up! :p

Ummm, I heard about this years ago! The only problem is after the 'work' , your body is poor shape needing lots of working out to rebuild the muscle. Is it worth it? Try a sleep study first. :p

 

[-Alex-]

This hasn't been addressed yet lolz...

What about bathroom? Eating? (i guess you can eat lying down, but its rather uncomfturble, not to mention being tilted back a bit)

....

and ye, you would grow ratehr fat...lolz

 

[Fallen]

I just signed up for this.
=P