NASA Reports Drunk Astronauts

NASA Reports Drunk Astronauts

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WASHINGTON: An independent NASA report has found that on two occasions astronauts were drunk before flying on space shuttle mission.

A panel set up by NASA to review the health of astronauts concluded that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to launch into space despite warnings from doctors that they were too intoxicated to fly, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported Thursday.

The panel reported "heavy use of alcohol" by the astronauts within 12 hours of flight in violation of the "bottle to throttle" rule, the magazine reported online

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Well, this gives new meaning to gettiing high, I suppose. I wonder if the mission were compromised by this behavior.

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Haha, the whole time i thought they were just crazy.

This explains a lot, thanx.