MEDES Space Clinic will pay you to stay in bed for two months

Space is an unchartered territory and everyone is working hard to explore this territory. With arduous research of the past years, the dream of longer space voyage and discovering new planets is on the verge of becoming a reality soon. There are many things that are not known about long term stay in space. How the human body will react to staying weightless for an extended period is still a mystery. So, in order to understand the physiological response of body to microgravity, the French space institute is conducting a research project.

This project requires volunteers who would be paid a hefty amount of $17000. It is a three months’ project that will be conducted in the space institute. The volunteers required by the institute must all be male candidates between the ages of 20 to 45 years. The candidate must be non-smoker, having no allergies and should have a BMI of 22 to 27.

Once the candidates are selected, the project will begin and it will have three phases. In the first phase, which consists of two weeks, the scientists will conduct a series of tests and measurements on the volunteers. In the second phase, which will last for sixty days, the candidates will stay in bed. The last phase is also of two weeks, which will consist of rehabilitation and some further tests.

The second phase, as explained by Dr. Arnuad Beck- the organizer, will require the candidate to lie in bed with head inclined at slightly less than six degree. They will have to perform all their daily functions in bed and the most important rule is to keep one shoulder in contact with the bed or frame. During this time, they will be regularly given a mix of specially tailored medicine cocktail and food. The scientist will observe the effects of weightlessness and try to find ways to counter these effects.

It sounds easy, but it is a challenging task in reality. One such experiment was earlier carried out in the American space institute and the volunteers later described it as a terrible ordeal.They had terrible headaches and backaches during the experiment.

Most of the astronauts who spend a designated time in space experience loss of muscle mass, bone density and problems of cardiovascular system causing drop in blood pressure leading to dizziness and vertigo. The basic aim of this study is to counteract these problems with reliable solutions. So, volunteers are invited to help scientist at the space institute to find solutions and help future long term space expeditions.