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NASA, ASU Team Finds a New Test For Osteoporosis
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has an article about scientists at NASA who believe that they have found a new test that can detect osteoporosis earlier than existing tests. Their test involved having healthy volunteers confined to bed rest for 30 days; 'the technique was able to detect bone loss after as little as one week of bed rest.' Bone loss is an issue for astronauts as well as people affected by osteoporosis. They expect this test will help detect bone loss as a symptom of osteoporosis, but have not yet done a trial to confirm this. This is another point against anyone who claims NASA, and going to space in general, is a complete waste of money."
Well they may have found how to make penises harder for even longer, but osteoperosis is a sickness so they may not have discovered this specifically. It also mostly effects old women so not a big priority, it pretty much could only have come from accidental discovery, or from situation where people society actually cares about (like cosmonauts) suffer from it. There are also the hundreds of other scientific and technological advances that have stemmed directly from space program funding, it's not like we are discussing a totally isolated incident here.