U.S. astronauts flew while drunk -- twice
 

...and everybody is concerned with falling pieces of foam :1orglaugh


WASHINGTON, July 26 (RIA Novosti) - A NASA medical panel has established that U.S. astronauts flew while heavily intoxicated on at least two occasions, an international aviation weekly reported Thursday.

Aviation Week & Space Technology, which obtained the panel's findings, said "flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk."

A member of the medical panel, which comprises doctors, psychologists, legal and security experts and several astronauts, said on condition of anonymity that the report was still in a draft form and could be released in August.

A press conference on the issue is scheduled for Friday.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070726/69760932.html

Yeah, I always news sources in Russia.

I always news sources too!

good to know lindsay lohan has another career option if she can't get anymore acting work :2 cents:

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Just wait 'til the get pulled over by the Cosmic cops!

If that were true then its no surprise. Ever pony up to the Moscow airport Cognac bar and throw some back with the pilots pre flight ? I have.

You telling me you would not burn one before take-off if you could?

I have been to Russia once and can quite safely say the chances of you having a sober pilot are lower than the chances of you having a drunk pilot.

I didnt get drunk with the pilots but I sure saw them necking them before take off.

Wow... the title under your name says a lot about that reply.

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Turns out a much larger article is on Yahoo. I stand corrected.