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Originally Posted by Pazuzu
Please, tell me what scientific advances are going on up there.
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Actually, my vision is corrected from 20/200 to 20/20 during the day by
only wearing contact lenses while I sleep. The polymers used for these lenses were developed in the "Space Hab" module.
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Paragon Blasts-Off Into Space
Research and Development at Paragon Vision Sciences continues with an entrepreneurial spirit that has carried the company into Space. Experiments aboard the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Space Shuttle, Endeavor, launched in the summer of 1993, and two subsequent space shuttle missions, explored new Paragon contact lens polymers and ultimately led the Company to its proprietary HDS® Technology materials. The experiment was performed on SPACEHAB, a special module created for commercial experimentation. Paragon's leading material, Paragon HDS®, as well as Paragon Thin™ and Paragon HDS® 100, utilize HDS Technology and apply advanced silicone hyperpurification to the manufacturing process of contact lens materials. Both Paragon HDS and Paragon HDS 100 are the materials used to manufacture Paragon CRT® therapeutic contact lenses for non-surgical corneal reshaping.
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So there is a scientific and technical breakthrough which has resulted from the Space Shuttle, and which has been developed into a commercial product which is making my life (and others like me) better.
The question is, would innovation like this be possible under BO's proposed health inititive. (Oops, that may be an OTPR comment!
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