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Originally posted by Voxel
I thought the initial take-off was all under computer (inertial) guidance? Its not like the guy has to pilot the thing down a small lane and avoid shuttles coming from the other direction.
Seriously, he made a mistake that most here have done themselves (imbibing at an inappropriate time.) Let it go, see him as a person and not an astronaut and you will understand.
Besides, what if it was all a huge misunderstanding on the part of the astronaut? Who knows, maybe he thought the flight director wanted him to load up on some "rocket fuel" before the launch.
Originally posted by JIMC5499
In my opinion this has been blown all out of proportion. I don't see NASA medical personel allowing someone to fly a shuttle when they are incapable of doing so. This is just media hype and needs to go away.
Originally posted by Now_Then
What about the guys on the ground?
How many important decisions have been made under the fog of drink (other drugs?) could be possible a quick nip on the loo's (no too easy) has actually helped - had they breath tested all ground crew for apollo 11 mish things could be different.
If i'm ever up there looking down, and I didn't have any important jobs and stuff, guess what flavor brownie I would fancy
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Problem is that personal responsibility has gone extinct and you can't trust anyone to follow the rules anymore, hence the draconian regulations we have now.
Originally posted by Now_Then
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Problem is that personal responsibility has gone extinct and you can't trust anyone to follow the rules anymore, hence the draconian regulations we have now.
Wise words indeed.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
You could be right Jim and I really respect the stuff you post here but I disagree and think that even though I don't want to hurt NASA stuff like this needs to have hard set line and shouldn't be viewed as just a "guideline". I agree that these pilots were not slushed out of their bucket because it would be hard to get past the prefligth medical the day of. But bending the rules in space flight and anything to do with it shoudl be a no go thats why we had Challenger.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
You could be right Jim and I really respect the stuff you post here but I disagree and think that even though I don't want to hurt NASA stuff like this needs to have hard set line and shouldn't be viewed as just a "guideline". I agree that these pilots were not slushed out of their bucket because it would be hard to get past the prefligth medical the day of. But bending the rules in space flight and anything to do with it shoudl be a no go thats why we had Challenger.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
You could be right Jim and I really respect the stuff you post here but I disagree and think that even though I don't want to hurt NASA stuff like this needs to have hard set line and shouldn't be viewed as just a "guideline". I agree that these pilots were not slushed out of their bucket because it would be hard to get past the prefligth medical the day of. But bending the rules in space flight and anything to do with it shoudl be a no go thats why we had Challenger.