Panel Finds Astronauts Flew While Intoxicated
Jul 26, 2007
| By Frank Morring, Jr./Aviation Week & Space Technology |
| A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest has found that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk. The panel, also reported "heavy use of alcohol" by astronauts before launch, within the standard 12-hour "bottle to throttle" rule applied to NASA flight crew members. |
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