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Topic: Sunglasses and eyeglasses in space

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 08-16-2010 11:24 AM SciAm: [URL=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-adjustable-astronaut-eyewear]Space Spectacles: NASA Evaluates Adjustable Astronaut Eyewear[/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]NASA is evaluating a new type of adjustable eyeglass lens called [URL=http://www.trufocals.com/]TruFocals[/URL] for use during training and on missions. For the past six months NASA has been taking TruFocals (made by Van Nuys, Calif.–based Zoom Focus Eyewear, LLC) through a detailed certification process to ensure they are not only a better option than other types of eyeglasses but that the materials used to make them will not pose a hazard to astronauts in their enclosed work environs, says C. Robert Gibson, a senior optometrist at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>
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