Twelve participants will be carefully selected to participate in one of the hard endurance tests of their lives : Lying in a seam that is careen backwards by an slant of 6 degrees for 60 days ( 9 week ) in a row . They have to eat , shower down , sleep and even pee at this angle . It might fathom ridiculous , but this will be the reality for give Tennessean at theGerman Space Agency(DLR ) .
The experiment will be conducted atEnvihab , a home ground - simulating facility that researches how the body react to uttermost environments . In this typeface , they are testing the long - term gist of live in space .
The Envihab squad are doing everything they can to recreate the sensation and atmosphere of being on a space watercraft . They can control noise spirit level , igniter , temperature and even the premix of accelerator in the air . There are no windows in the test bailiwick ' room , so volunteers have no concept of twenty-four hours , dark or seasons . They also ca n’t have visitors .
“ To chisel graveness , we cant over the subject field head - down by six degree , ” saysUlrich Limper , a heart specialist for DLR’sInstitute of Aerospace Medicine , to theBBC . “ This is very important , so that the headland is below the rest period of the body . ” On Earth , we are used to walk on our feet and , as a result , our hearts pump blood with quite a mountain of pressure up to our heads .
In space , however , there is no gravitational force for our heart to react , so astronauts have to make do with air pressure and swelling in their heads from the excess pumped fluid . It is a problem that the crew from theInternational Space Station(ISS ) oftentimes ache from . They liken the sensation to thefeeling of a head cold . On top of this , astronauts also have to cope with muscle deterioration and bone loss .
The ability to monitor the 12 participant under controlled conditions mean that scientists can invent path of counter the strong-arm debilitation that astronauts tolerate after long periods in distance . It also has implications closer to home ; multitude who need longsighted periods of layer rest could gain from this sorting of research as well .
The military volunteer will also be poked and prodded for various tests so that scientists can keep changes in their pearl , blood and muscles . To while by the hours , the volunteers can read , play video games and learn movies .
Not just anyone can take part in this mentally and physically challenging experiment . Participants are selected very cautiously so that the drop - out charge per unit is low . Limper was asked by theBBCif he would take part in his own experimentation .
“ I would n’t do it,”he replies . “ No . ”
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