Sombeech
07-26-2007, 01:06 PM
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=157&sid=1539523
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An independent health panel studying NASA astronauts found "heavy use of alcohol" before launch, according to a published report Thursday.
Aviation Week & Space Technology, a weekly trade journal, reported the finding from the panel on its Web site. The weekly said that the committee found that on at least two occasions, astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An independent health panel studying NASA astronauts found "heavy use of alcohol" before launch, according to a published report Thursday.
Aviation Week & Space Technology, a weekly trade journal, reported the finding from the panel on its Web site. The weekly said that the committee found that on at least two occasions, astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk.