FWIW NASA Does Not Pay People To Smoke Marijuana

NASA Won’t Pay You to Smoke Weed
“Q: Does NASA pay $18,000 for people to stay in bed and smoke weed for 70 straight days?
A: No. NASA conducts bed-rest studies, but it does not allow participants to smoke marijuana or even drink alcohol.”
Facebook users flagged a story with the captivating headline “NASA Will Pay You $18,000 To Stay In Bed And Smoke Weed For 70 Straight Days.” Don’t get too excited. It’s false.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

3 responses to “FWIW NASA Does Not Pay People To Smoke Marijuana”

1. Daniel Woodard says:

   May 29, 2017 at 4:49 pm

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   However I have been told (seriously) that some of the Russian bedrest studies did provide a daily ration of vodka, though this is seldom reported. Whether this affects the results is unknown, but it apparently makes subject recruiting easier and reduces the dropout rate.

2. mfwright says:

   May 30, 2017 at 4:16 pm

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   I guess rumors of freeze-dried space aliens at Area 51 or in Hanger 18 at Wright-Pat are getting old. Gotta start a new one…

   • Daniel Woodard says:

     June 1, 2017 at 3:09 am

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     Cape Canaveral Air Force Station definitely has an officially designated Area 53, I’ve been there. Logically there should be an Area 51 as well, but I have never been able to locate it. Then again, maybe that’s to be expected.