cjh@CCA-UNIX@sri-unix (09/08/82)
A recent story here mentioned that NASA was looking for types who could communicate [the wonders of space] to everyone who can't go, and that these passengers would not be required to fit the current shuttle physical requirements, specifically not needing glasses. In fact, mission specialists already have much looser physical requirements than pilots and other traditional spacemen; I believe you're allowed as bad as 20/40 in one eye and 20/30 in the other, which is quite bad enough to require glasses. (I should remember this more closely, since I filled out one of the first set of applications, but it has been several years. What I most remember is Joe Haldeman saying he couldn't make it because of poor hearing. . . .)