Posted on 07/28/2007 9:31:06 AM PDT by MrArbitrage123
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EuGpfT308zY
I think NASA is becoming less relevant with every year anyway.
You are irrelevant. NASA lives on.
I don’t blame the astronauts. Launch is a very stressful period and even if they are sober, there is absolutely nothing for them to do until the shuttle is safely in orbit.
“I think NASA is becoming less relevant with every year anyway.”
if you mean to the rooskies and chinese, I’d agree.
I worked there and never saw anyone drunk at any time. But at night at the Mouse Trap it was a little different.
Why they need four flight hours per week in a T-38 is beyond me. Riding a spacecraft is nothing like flying an aircraft, but we have over 100 aviators on the active roster to crew three remaining shuttles.
Yeah, when I get on a plane I feel better when I see tipsy pilots who aren't too stressed out.
and even if they are sober, there is absolutely nothing for them to do until the shuttle is safely in orbit.
Sure. And the launch will sober them up pretty good. Nothing wrong with hung-over astronauts puking into the electronics.
Since there are no real allegations, I believe what you say. The youtube video post #1 directs us to is nothing more than a keith olbermann infatuated adolescent wannabe all alone plating grandiosity in his room with his webcam.......now THATS relevance, yes?
(disclaimer....I made it thru the screenplay as far as the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers commercial, then quit)
No kidding. This sounds like overzealous hype about things that probably went on in the 60’s and 70’s. Meanwhile, news about sabotage is awfully quiet.
If you’ve ever read Chuck Yeager’s autobiography you’ll get the impression that he and those around him flew experimental aircraft while they were half lit all the time. When he broke the sound barrier he was flying with a broken rib he didn’t tell his superiors about. He had gotten drunk the night before and fell off a horse or something similar.
Now if the Mission Control guys were drinking, that’s a whole other kettle of fish.
Tang-over?
“I think NASA is becoming less relevant with every year anyway.”
..after the Moon Missions it began to lose it’s popularity with the public....however, it’s a huge employer and thus hard to scale back...the only thing I want out of NASA is to orbit a death ray over China and Russia....I don’t see any cost benefit in going to Mars.
NASA irrelevant???????
Every time I watch a commercial for a bed, NASA’s name comes up
What mission put the shuttle on a westward trajectory over central florida??? The Atlantic is to the East.
While the Treaty exists, NASA remains the only actor in space development.
OK, I am sitting on top of 1,000,000 pounds of high explosives and I am about to be hurled at several thousand miles per hour into an environment that lacks all the things I need to survive. It might be the last time I see my family, friends and colleagues. I have been living on the edge for the last 8 years, training my mind and body to deal with this.
I don’t think a shot of Jack and a Bud is going to kill me. Especially since all I have to do is sit there and pray for the first few hours while my body is torn apart from the g-force.
Please don't answer that.
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