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NASA sends woman to bed for three months
19 May 2006
Posted by Sean McManus
According to the Guardian, a woman is recovering after taking part in a NASA experiment that involved her staying in bed for three months. That means she's been lying around since before Easter - since March in fact (if the report of the experiment finishing is timely).
The experiment is supposed to simulate the physical sensation of being weightless, and perhaps also the tedium of being in a confined space with limited entertainment options. Still, that leaves plenty of time to write a blog.
NASA encouraged her to set goals. What would you choose? Would you learn a language, or write a novel? Would you study psychology or learn to sing? You're facing the world's leading scientists, part of the same organisation that in its distant past achieved the incredible and put men on the moon. And you say: "I aim to complete another foot each day of a cash till receipt roll that I want to cover with doodles." Genius.
tags: NASA | scientific research
The experiment is supposed to simulate the physical sensation of being weightless, and perhaps also the tedium of being in a confined space with limited entertainment options. Still, that leaves plenty of time to write a blog.
NASA encouraged her to set goals. What would you choose? Would you learn a language, or write a novel? Would you study psychology or learn to sing? You're facing the world's leading scientists, part of the same organisation that in its distant past achieved the incredible and put men on the moon. And you say: "I aim to complete another foot each day of a cash till receipt roll that I want to cover with doodles." Genius.
tags: NASA | scientific research
# posted by Sean McManus at 5:03 PM 
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