The extreme conditions of a long underwater mission are similar to those of space, ... This mission presents aquanauts and physicians with an unprecedented opportunity to test state-of-the-art remote medical techniques in real-time and real-life situations. Someday, these techniques could be used in long-duration, manned space flights.

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Despite plenty of progress, tissue engineering has not achieved tremendous clinical success or commercial success.

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It's not a matter of how fast that they work on it. It's a matter of the precision that they use and the precision tools that they work. And there is a productivity requirement because the soldiers up front are waiting for the soldiers to return, whether for Medivac aircraft or fire power support.

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But, it was simple, painless and when it was over with I couldn't tell what was done. It was just that mask, that steel harness they put over your head.

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A lack of transparency they have had and the poor relationship they have with the media exacerbates the problem.

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Wants to move on with his career.

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I keep smiling, but it is hard to explain without using Hannibal Lecter.

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Star Trek always presented an optimistic view of the future. It showed us a world in which people were not going to destroy themselves with war, a view of different people and cultures coming together and celebrating those differences.

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