If your dream job was to become a full-time "bed potato," NASA wants to make that a reality — at least for a few months. NASA and the European Space Agency (DLR) are offering $19,000 to 24 participants — 12 men and 12 women — to stay in bed for at least two months. The objective of the study is to "research how the body changes in weightlessness," according to DLR's statement. By doing so, space scientists hope to create methods that can counteract the impacts of weightlessness. (This would save astronauts from having to spend much of their time in the space station exercising.) If this sounds to you like a risky opportunity with more than a few catches, you're absolutely right. The $19,000 come with some strings attached, and not everyone will qualify. It also sounds like a pretty miserable experience, so unless you have time to spare and really need the extra money, it's probably not worth considering.

This doesn't sound so appetizing

For starters, you must be able to speak German and be between 24 to 55. Your job won't be to just lie in bed and binge on Netflix or Amazon Prime as scientists poke and prod you. There's talk of at least one centrifuge, and your body would have to be tilted slightly downward at an angle to pool your bodily fluids into your upper body. There will be "15 days of familiarization, 60 days of bed rest and then 14 days of rest and astronaut rehab, where you will be fit for everyday life again," DLR says on its website. Participants will live in a single room in the research facility, and "eating, washing, showering, going to the toilet, leisure activities" will take place lying down. Yikes. DLR also notes that the meals will not be "extra healthy." If you do enough Googling, you'll find that there are dozens and dozens of opportunities to participate in studies that are far more appealing and appetizing, like getting paid $300 to eat a ton of avocados for a weight loss experiment. (And who doesn't love avocados?)

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