NASA Offering Volunteers $18k to Lie in Bed for 70 Days

[Micalas]

Now I kinda wish Sword Art online was real, those kids would be set for life!

First thing I thought, lol. Asuna turned out alright.

 

[Yopaz]

Why not look at coma patients instead of making people intentionally damage their bodies? I find it hard to believe that family/spouses of the coma patients couldn't give consent for having some of the medical costs covered. Or are they looking for the mental effects as well?

Coma patients wouldn't work because their pulse and metabolism has slowed down enough to make a deviation between what could be observed with a conscious person.

OT: I am within the group of people they could want for this experiment. However I would never go 2 months without going to the gym or jogging, now going 2 months not being allowed to sit up would be hell. I also imagine this would be bad for my social life too... not that there's a whole lot of it as it is...