Are you thinking of a gap year

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:36

Are you thinking of a gap year or more precisely 520days and want something unique then I give you this..

LE BOURGET, France (AFP) - The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts" will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth.
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Their spaceship will comprise a series of interlocked modules in an research institute in Moscow, and once the doors are closed tight, the volunteers will be cut off from all contact with the outside world except by a delayed radio link.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070619/tsc-space-mars-europe-4de741d.html

That would be kind off cool.

shine · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:37

Is this the new Big Brother?

Vibez · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:38

Wow, I'd love to do that

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:38

shine said:
Is this the new Big Brother?

I reckon it's a bio dome- big brother remix.

platypus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:39

Hmm, could be one way to avoid the missus..

Raymond Lin · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:39

shine said:
Is this the new Big Brother?

without the women in bikini & pool, put in 17 months of BO in a box.

trojan698 · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:39

Sounds like awesome fun, I loved biodome. Imagine you got stuck with a pratt though.

Vibez · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:40

It wouldn't be much fun I suspect but the pay is good and it would be great for the C.V

manoz · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:41

I'd love to do it, shame I ain't in any position to do a gap year.

Arsey · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:41

What about food? They can't have 550 days worth of food can they :confused:

Scuzi · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:41

120 euro a day? No thanks. If it was 500 euro a day I'd think about it.

platypus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:49

Vibez said:
It wouldn't be much fun I suspect but the pay is good and it would be great for the C.V

The pay is pretty pants by the look of it.

HEADRAT · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:51

Will there be an equal mix of men/women ?

HEADRAT

divine` · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:51

£40k to sit in a box for almost 2 years?

I can think of other ways I would rather spend my time

shine · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:52

Apparently out of the 150 applications only 19 of them were women - this deal is getting worse by the minute.

platypus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:53

divine_madness said:
£40k to sit in a box for almost 2 years?

I can think of other ways I would rather spend my time

Aye but no tax, bills other then putting your stuff in storage..

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:53

Scuzi said:
120 euro a day? No thanks. If it was 500 euro a day I'd think about it.

Thats good pay as you can't spend any.

HEADRAT said:
Will there be an equal mix of men/women ?

HEADRAT

it would be simulating a mission, so it depends what the mission is, but I would have thought it would be nearly 50/50.

Scuzi · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:56

AcidHell2 said:
Thats good pay as you can't spend any.

It's not really, it's quite crap. It equates to about roughly £40k which over 17 months is about ~£28k a year.

Considering that you are effectively locked up for 17 months being constantly monitored and the potential psychological implications, the money is crap.

BigBadBenny · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:56

Not really a true test imho, without 0 G. As it would change the playingfield quite dramaticly.

Glaucus · 19 Jun 2007 at 16:58

Scuzi said:
It's not really, it's quite crap. It equates to about roughly £40k which over 17 months is about ~£28k a year.

Considering that you are effectively locked up for 17 months being constantly monitored and the potential psychological implications, the money is crap.

yhe, but it's 40k sitting in the bank, you would need like a 80k job on the outside to even attempt saving that much money.

depends how you work it out,

if it's per hour, then it's crap.

If its funds available to you after 18months, then it's great.