Anyone who has read Riding Rockets, Mike Mullane鈥檚 account of his life as a shuttle astronaut, may not be overly surprised to learn NASA is investigating the drinking habits of its astronauts.
Following the release last week of a , it emerged that one astronaut may have piloted a NASA T-38 training jet while under the influence, and another may have been drunk on a Soyuz flight. Alcohol does seem to be used, at least by some astronauts on duty. Mullane writes that some colleagues found beer鈥檚 diuretic effects helped lessen the need to pee later on when strapped into the shuttle.
Surely getting sozzled is not NASA policy? 鈥淣o it is not. We don鈥檛 know who was allowed to do what, when or how at this point,鈥� a NASA spokesman told 快猫短视频. 鈥淲e have never seen any indication that astronauts have participated in such activity to achieve those results.鈥�
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