Surprised To Find It Here?
Alcohol goes everywhere. They spoke of the “most sordid spots on earth” and the Greenland Ice Cap in the Big Book. Now it’s apparently made it into space.
“Panel Finds Astronauts Flew While Intoxicated”
“A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest has found that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk.
The panel, also reported ‘heavy use of alcohol’ by astronauts before launch, within the standard 12-hour ‘bottle to throttle’ rule applied to NASA flight crew members.”
Wow… (if its true and personally, I have no reason to doubt the claim)
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1 opinion for Surprised To Find It Here?
dAAve
Jul 27, 2007 at 6:08 pm
One of my long-term favorite bars was known as the home of the astronauts (here in Houston).
I can’t say that I am surprised at all by their drinking habits. I’ve seen those habits up close and personal. They’re just people too.
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