Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA's Mars simulator for just over a year. And they're being paid surprisingly little.

Four individuals have agreed to be locked inside NASA’s Mars simulator for just over a year. And they’re being paid surprisingly little.

  • Affidavit@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    I suppose it’s not too bad. People typically use their wage as they get it, paying for rent/food/utilities. Many of these costs would be covered by the programme, which means they can potentially come out of it a year later with the full 60k.

  • dipbeneaththelasers@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    NASA is paying each participant $10 per hour for all waking hours, the Houston Chronicle reports, which adds up to just over $60,000 for the entire 378-day mission.

  • Gamers_Mate@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    The current minimum wage in australia is $23.23 when I converted it to USD I got $15.48. It is crazy that they are getting paid less than that for something you would expect to be a high paying job.