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Vision Problems For Some Returning Astronauts

Posted by Soulskill on from the blame-the-ether dept.

astroengine writes "A newly discovered affliction has some doctors wondering if astronauts traveling to Mars could have problems with their eyesight by the time they got there. About one-third of U.S. crew members aboard the ISS return with impaired vision, one case of which was permanent. The reason for the late discovery of this mysterious affliction is the reluctance of astronauts on active service to come forward — the risk of being grounded after complaining of blurry vision is considered too great."

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  1. Vision problems by said213 · · Score: 3, Funny

    at NASA in General, No?

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/23/031217/neil-armstrong-to-nasa-youre-embarrassing [slashdot.org]

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  2. Re:One of many? by mdm-adph · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like Space Herpes, for one.

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  3. Re:Lasik by Nick+Fel · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not letting a Lasik specialist with blurry vision point a laser at my eyes.

  4. Re:One of many? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which makes an excellent case for a masturbation-only policy while in space. Then they'll just have to worry about going... hey, wait a second!

  5. So it's true by koniu · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess it does get pretty lonely up there

  6. they're vs their by martas · · Score: 1, Funny

    I stopped reading after "They're desire is to get back into space, so they are not complainers." OK not really, but still kind of a kick in the nuts to see that in a professionally written article...

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