http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_re_us/nasa_woes;_ylt=AopqMZEOAPti2y8yJFKtRe9H2ocA

'Before I buckle in for take off, I like a nice cold Pabst Blue Ribbon'

there is actually a 12-hour "bottle-to-throttle" rule in the books.

sweeeeet, man... being an astronaut must be the most totally kick ass job ever!

Heh.  "Astronauts flying drunk".  Wow, that makes it seem like they all do it, right, and that NASA thinks it's ok?  When Aviation-Week reported only TWO occasions, and this has caused NASA to re-examine their flight rules and how they enforce them.  Because everybody agrees this is NOT F-ING ACCEPTABLE!

But that doesn't make nearly as good copy as "everybody does it and what F-ups NASA must be to approve this sort of thing".

I kind of think people should mind their fucking business if they aren't riding on the shuttle. But, that's just me.

It's the old unsubstantiated reports from two anonymous sources routine.

I've got some more of those for you.

There are unsubstantiated reports from anonymous sources that 4 out of 10 of the last shuttle missions were piloted by cammanders high out of their mind on speedballs.

There are unsubstantiated reports from anonymous sources that not only is unprotected sex between astronauts in space common throughout every space mission, but 7 out of 10 astronauts are HIV positive.

There are unsubstantiated reports from anonymous sources that ... (your turn).

that Allan really *is* posting from the L5 station.  He's not allowed to tell us this, but he is trying to subtly hint at it.