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Ground control to Major Tom: Are You Drunk?
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by Actual News Geezer | July 26, 2007 at 11:50 am
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Reuters is reporting today on the release of a study that found that drunk astronauts were permitted to fly on 2 occasions, despite warnings from flight surgeons that they were a risk to the operation . Good stuff. As long as they are not rocket scientists, who cares?
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A panel has found that astronauts were allowed to fly on at least two occasions despite warnings they were so drunk they posed a flight risk, Aviation Week reported on Thursday on its Web site.The publication said the panel set up by NASA to study astronaut health issues reported "heavy use of alcohol" within 12 hours of launch.
It said flight surgeons and other astronauts warned that the drunken astronauts posed a flight risk when they flew on the two known occasions.
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at 12:16 on July 26th, 2007
This is the most shocking story I've seen today. Thanks for finding this.
at 12:44 on July 26th, 2007
I like beer as much as the next guy, but I think I could probably stay sober for 12 hours before the defining moment of my career -- jeez. The reports will be available here at noon EST tomorrow.
at 15:32 on July 27th, 2007
Actual News Geezer, I like this story. It's good stuff.