But now that you’ve got some practice in operating from isolation, perhaps you’d like to put those new skills to use and get paid for it to boot.

NASA wants to do some long-term testing on human subjects to see how a group of them make out living together in a cramped environment for eight months.

This will simulate some of the conditions astronauts are expected to endure during future missions to the moon and to Mars.

NASA is seeking candidates to go into isolation for eight months in an experiment to help prepare for long-term stays on the moon and Mars.

Researchers say results of the study will help them better understand the physical and mental effects on humans spending extended periods in space.

The experiment is part of NASA’s Human Research Program.

The program seeks to discover and develop “the best methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel.”.

Until now, American astronauts have only spent long space stays on the International Space Station – ISS.

Most of these missions lasted several months, with the longest reaching nearly a year.

This will allegedly help them screen candidates for long-haul space missions.

You won’t be bombarded by radiation 24/7 like you would be in space and you won’t suffer from bone density degradation from a zero-G environment.

Eight months cooped up with five complete strangers sounds like a very personalized version of hell, to me.