| NASA: No evidence of drunk astronauts |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 30 August 2007 | |
  
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"Within the scope and limitations of this review, I was not able to verify any case where an astronaut spaceflight crew member was impaired on launch day," said Bryan O'Connor, NASA director of safety. While alcohol - mainly beer and wine - is available in the quarters where crews are quarantined ahead of missions, O'Connor's review included a statement from 20 flight surgeons that they had never seen any pre-launch drunken behaviour by astronauts. A 12-hour period of abstinence is expected prior to flight. NASA administrator Michael Griffin described the claims as an urban legend. |
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