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Will being color blind affect my chances to get into nasa? i've wanted to be a nasa astronaut for as long as i can remember, but i recently was diagnosed with color blindness. will this affect my eligibility for nasa?
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Having : Having a red-green or blue-yellow color vision deficiency is medically disqualifying in accordance with nasa astronaut medical standards.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Yes: Astronauts are expected to have 20/20 vision with perfect color vision. There are many other ways to serve nasa other than being the astronaut that pilots the spacecraft.
Answered 1/10/2020
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