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Article: Survey finds no cases of launch day drinking among astronauts
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- January 24, 2008
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA said Wednesday that a survey of
astronauts and flight surgeons found no evidence of launch day
drinking by crew members, despite a report last year of two cases of
drunkenness.
The anonymous survey uncovered a single case of "perceived
impairment" by someone just a day or more from blasting into space,
and it turned out to be a reaction between prescription medicine and
alcohol.
NASA officials, citing medical privacy, refused to say when or
where the episode occurred, only that it happened on one of the
final days leading up to launch but not on launch day. The crew
member ultimately was cleared for flight and rocketed into space.
The officials said they did ...