Wanted: 24 women to spend 60 days in bed at a crooked angle, their
every
movement scrutinised by video.
No, this is not the latest reality TV programme, but a hi-tech
research
project conducted by scientists at the European Space Agency.
They want to anticipate the medical problems that may arise as space
missions go further and last longer.
Volunteers will be paid 15,200 euros ( 10,000) to spend two months on
a bed tilted backwards at a six degree angle.
They will be expected to live in isolation in the MEDES medical
research
centre in Toulouse in France for 101 days in total, including three
weeks at either end of the "bed-rest".
SNIP
The selection procedure begins with a 17-page questionnaire, before a
medical examination, blood tests, and interview, followed by a
psychological assessment to make sure the candidate can stay the
course.
The 24 successful candidates will begin the experiment in Toulouse in
January.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3539340.stm
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Sounds like pure torture!
But imagine the French going to space, Barbarella or 5th Element come
to mind they would probably do it in a spa!
LB
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08 Sep 2004 11:15:07 AM |
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Leigh wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3539340.stm
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Sounds like pure torture!
But imagine the French going to space,
Barbarella or 5th Element come to mind
they would probably do it in a spa! LB
Well....I suppose we *do* need experimentation as to whether or not the
little tadpole finds it's way to the ova in zero gravity. ~o
SuZanne
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08 Sep 2004 05:57:54 PM |
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(Su Zanadu) wrote in message news:<29758-413F300B-9@storefull-3212.bay.webtv.net>...
Leigh wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3539340.stm
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Sounds like pure torture!
But imagine the French going to space,
Barbarella or 5th Element come to mind
they would probably do it in a spa! LB
Well....I suppose we *do* need experimentation as to whether or not the
little tadpole finds it's way to the ova in zero gravity. ~o
SuZanne
Now that is the kind of fluid dynamics I could go for, now Newton said
a force of equal etc, H'mm bet it has been tried, all in the interests
of science, and the best fun you can have on/off the planet with
another person.
A water bed with no limits spatially.
LB
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