There has been at least one epidemiological study on the increased risk of cataracts as a result of space flight: www.bu.edu/csp/EMMREM/papers/cataracts.pdf
I wonder if they tell you about the increased risk when you do your astronaut training, I also wonder if their medical insurance pays for it.
Astronauts and Cataracts
Date: 2007-07-26 03:39 pm (UTC)There has been at least one epidemiological study on the increased risk of cataracts as a result of space flight: www.bu.edu/csp/EMMREM/papers/cataracts.pdf
I wonder if they tell you about the increased risk when you do your astronaut training, I also wonder if their medical insurance pays for it.
-DF