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Cocaine Found in Restricted Area of Kennedy Space Center

by Amy Judd | January 14, 2010 at 03:59 pm

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NASA is investigating a small amount of cocaine found in a restricted area of the Kennedy Space Center, an area called the Orbiter Processing Facility No. 3 near the Vehicle Assembly Building.

A small amout of the drug was found and now NASA is checking to make sure that shuttle Discovery, which is undergoing maintenance in that facility has been compromised.

“We do not tolerate the use of illegal substances for people who work on the orbiter,” said Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana.

About 200 people work in that restricted area including shuttle contrat workers and civil servants and every one of them was tested on Wednesday as they left work. All the hardware has to be checked also.

“There was nothing obvious,” said KSC Public Affairs spokesman Allard Beutel. “Nobody was obviously under the influence when they were working, because we have supervisors there, security in there. It wasn’t obvious somebody was under the influence of this substance, or any other, for that matter. But to confirm the hardware and equipment on Discovery is OK so it can fly in March, is what we’re doing now.”

NASA is confident they will find the guilty party and they will be terminated.

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big al (not verified)

at 07:29 on January 15th, 2010

how would they know is someone was not under the influance if a bag was found there it only means someone was useing it there--- how would supervisoin know come on people think before you speak could be supervision them selfs who knows thier not telling you that years ago someone was busted with coke off base and the person said he had his sons pants on and didnt know it was in there well since he was a good worker higher ups stuck up for him and he kept his job but had to go for pee test often they brushed that one under the rug how do i know---- i use to work ther for 20 yrs they need to check everyone in all buildings(high bays)

Craig Portwood (not verified)

at 03:10 on January 16th, 2010

Above I read: "A small amout of the drug was found and now NASA is checking to make sure that shuttle Discovery, which is undergoing maintenance in that facility has been compromised." So they want to make sure that the space shuttle has been compromised?If not, do they have plans to sabotage the mission another way?Uh...it sounds to me like somebody else is a bit high. Maybe the author of the headline?