Are you a drunk astronaut?

Following up on this much-covered story today about a report alleging alcohol abuse among NASA astronauts, hurtyelbow says:

NASA probably has powdered beer in space, because NASA knows how to prioritize. It's like Tang. Except it's beer. So what do you do when you feel your fellow astronaut might be orbiting under the influence? Nothing, because you're an astronaut and you're drunk too.

Let's say there were interstellar law enforcement spaceships that could police the area around earth (Who cares about the other planets really?). Typical symptoms of drunk driving wouldn't apply. First of all, flying isn't driving and secondly there's nothing to run into in space anyway.

posted by Xeni Jardin at 02:55:51 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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