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.
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.
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.
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