 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Report says NASA let astronauts fly drunk
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Despite safety warnings from its own
doctors, NASA let astronauts fly drunk on at least two occasions, an
independent panel said in a report released Friday.
The report gave no names and did not say when the drinking
occurred, how many astronauts were involved, or whether they were
flying on the space shuttle, the Russian Soyuz spaceship, or aboard
NASA's training jets.
NASA officials let them fly even after flight surgeons and fellow
astronauts raised con...
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No launch-day drinking by astronauts is found
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; ... beginning exactly what might have led to the comment in the health care report," Ochoa, a former shuttle astronaut, said at a news conference. "We've tried to run it to ground. We haven't uncovered anything. I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol ...
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Survey finds no cases of launch day drinking among astronauts
Oakland Tribune
; ... beginning exactly what might have led to the comment in the health care report," Ochoa, a former shuttle astronaut, said at a news conference. "We've tried to run it to ground. We haven't uncovered anything. I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol ...
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NASA ignored tip-offs, review panel reports.(Front)
The Virginian Pilot
; Byline: MARC KAUFMAN By Marc Kaufman The Washington Post WASHINGTON NASA officials at least twice disregarded warnings from flight surgeons and astronauts that crew members who were getting ready to go into space appeared to be drunk, the chairman of a panel appointed to examine the agency's
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NASA ignored signs that astronauts were flying drunk, report says.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
; ... released from the astronaut corps to the Navy while she awaits a September trial. Yet Nowak got little attention in a packed NASA news conference dominated by the alcohol concerns. The report describes two cases in which astronauts who had been drinking were allowed ...
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EDITORIAL: False promises: Our position: The allegations about drunken astronauts point to larger problem.(Editorial)
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
; Jul. 31--NASA's reputation took another drubbing last week when allegations surfaced that two astronauts had been cleared to fly after heavy drinking. Sauced in space, read one headline. But the worries for the space agency go beyond possible alcohol abuse among astronauts. The independent panel
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