JAXA , the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency , is recruiting eight masses to spend 14 sidereal day and 13 night in a simulated Space Station at the Tsukuba Space Center . The destination is to better test astronauts for preindication of focus .
As report inJapan Today , the agency is offer a sizeable stipend for taking part in this initiative – 380,000 yen ( $ 3,500 ) . That is about 30 pct higher than the local minimum wage , although it is authoritative to consider that even when the participants are sleeping , they are technically “ act upon ” for JAXA .
The requirements to enter in this experimentation are simple . You want to be under 55 years old and in good wellness . If you tick those two boxes , then you ’re eligible for participating in this “ deputation ” . It is also not restricted to Japanese people , but the deadline is January 31 . If you ’re planning to hold , you well know Japanese and go to theJapan Clinical Volunteer Networkwebsite tight .
The successful applicant will be turn off off from the rest period of the worldly concern and they wo n’t hold any of their personal holding with them . This is to re - produce a faithful surround to the literal International Space Station . The mass who are selected will be asked to execute various job while investigator measure their stress levels .
This is not the first simulation of how cosmonaut may experience on blank missions or on other planet . Many group have looked at the psychological consequences of inhabit in confining proximity with a small group of the great unwashed and with a sure degree of isolation from the rest of world .
Among the several studies , the one that really caught the attention of the populace was theHI - SEAS IVmission , which concluded in Summer 2016 . The mission endure a class , so it was much longer than the JAXA proposal and it had a slightly unlike stress – it looked at how animation on a Martian base would open .
While these differences are important , the finish remains the same . The scientists seek to understand what type of psychological stress develops in these situation and to hopefully develop the correct mechanisms to help astronauts address with it . The European and the Russian space agencies didsomething similarin 2010 , with an isolation delegation that last 520 mean solar day .
[ H / T : Japan Today ]
