I saw that story on the news last night. My thoughts: so what? They're flying a rocket into space. Not like they have to stay between the lines. Not like they're going to miss their target. Not like there aren't hundreds of sober people in the control center who can fly the shuttle into space by remote control. What are NASA's guidelines for "dangerously drunk" anyway? Probably the same ones that say smoking a joint makes you too high to drive a car. There was one lady on FOX News (bad news source in the first place) who was talking about NASA's 12 hours from Bottle to Throttle regulations. She said it should be 12 days. 12 days?!?! Fuck you. If I got to go out into space, I'd get totally hammered in celebration the night before the launch.
4twentE Reviewed by 4twentE on . US astronauts flew while dangerously drunk Report says NASA let astronauts fly drunk CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Despite safety warnings from NASA doctors, astronauts were allowed to fly after drinking heavily, an independent panel said in a report released Friday. The report said it happened twice, but gave no names and did not say when the drinking occurred, how many astronauts were involved, or whether they were flying on the space shuttle, the Russian Soyuz spaceship, or aboard NASA's training jets. NASA officials let them Rating: 5