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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by CydeWeys on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:12AM (#15264977)
Not for those of us who have dreams of going into space someday.

(This isn't a joke, by the way.)

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by piquadrat on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:21AM (#15265015)
Can you elaborate? As someone eyeing (sorry) a Lasik operation in the not-to-distant future, I'm genuinely interested.
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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by andrewflnr on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:52AM (#15265165)
It looks like it used to banned for NASA astronauts. That's the best I can find in a few minutes. It's hard for me to imagine an issue for commercial space travel.

Edit: forgot my link: https://www.wired.com/2007/09/nasa-approves-a/

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by CydeWeys on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:07PM (#15265781)
Looks like my info is a bit out of date. Thanks for the link!
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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by CydeWeys on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:42AM (#15265116)
You aren't allowed to go into space if you've had laser eye surgery, as there's too much risk of retinal detachment and other unpleasantness in low pressure atmospheres. Hell, you can have issues climbing really tall mountains if you've had Lasik.

I'd definitely look into it if I were you.

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Re:Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-p... by DanieI on Saturday September 16, 2017 @11:49AM (#15265144)
It says here that, "As of September 2007, the refractive surgical procedures of the eye, PRK and LASIK, are now allowed, providing at least 1 year has passed since the date of the procedure with no permanent adverse after effects. For those applicants under final consideration, an operative report on the surgical procedure will be requested." https://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/faq.htm
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