Astronauts drank before launch.

[arnisador]

Report: Astronauts drank before launch (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_re_us/astronaut_drinking)


At least twice, astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so drunk they posed a flight-safety risk, an aviation weekly reported Thursday, citing a special panel studying astronaut health.

The independent panel found "heavy use of alcohol" before launch


That's a mighty expensive vehicle to wreck...

[silat1]

Report: Astronauts drank before launch (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_re_us/astronaut_drinking)



That's a mighty expensive vehicle to wreck...

Yeah, but can you imagine being the officer trying to do the traffic stop and administer the standardized field soberity tests? How would the people who film tv program "Cops" get the video footage on the pullover.

Bill
Defensive Tactics

[arnisador]

I think NASA has largely debunked this story! They issued a report on it last month.