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- From: roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Visual acuity
- Message-ID: <9207221241.AA29196@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 12:41:37 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- formerly National Bureau of Standards
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- -From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
- -Subject: Re: Visual acuity for MS
- -Date: 21 Jul 92 00:54:06 GMT
- -Organization: NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
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- -But there's a whole lot more than just the one number to be
- -considered. Astronauts, like pilots, can't be colorblind. They
- -have to be able to recognize warning colors.
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- --- Ken "20/200" Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
- - kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
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- There are many degrees of color blindness ("challengedness"? :-), and very
- few people are *totally* color blind. Is the restriction against *any*
- degree of color blindness, or are there intermediate standards?
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- Are the Shuttle warning lights and color displays selected for maximum
- visibility to partially color blind people (like traffic lights are supposed
- to be)? There *are* legal standards for color selection in safety signals.
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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