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European Space Agency will pay volunteers £12,500 to lie down for 60 days 

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The European Space Agency will pay volunteers £12,500 to lie down in bed for two months to test the effects of space travel on the human body. The study simulates aspects of spaceflight by placing volunteers in bed for long periods of time with their dropped to a six degree angle. It involves two groups … Read more

Astronomers are searching for 20 female volunteers to ‘float’ in BED for five days

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The European Space Agency is searching for 20 women to ‘float’ in a bath tub style bed for five days straight.  The space agency is working with the Medes clinic in France to study the impact of ‘dry-immersion’ baths – floating beds – on the female body. Volunteers are supported and suspended evenly in the … Read more