MARS IS FOR MASOCHISTS

Would you trade your sanity for about $75,000? If so, go ahead and volunteer for a simulated trip to Mars in which six people will spend 17 months locked in a modular “spacecraft” the size of about nine truck containers. Be warned: once you’re inside you’re not coming out, as the goal of the study is to understand how people will react under the kinds of conditions which astronauts might experience on a journey to Mars. Along with the cramped conditions, high workload, lack of privacy, limited supplies (and the psychological torment of being locked up with the kinds of freaks who would volunteer for such insanity), you’ll also be subject to simulated emergencies in order to mess with your mind as much as possible. In exchange for the worst 500 days of your life, you’ll receive about $150 per day and all the gruel you can eat. No wait... the gruel will actually be carefully rationed out each day. Good luck! (BBC)