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07-27-2007, 02:31 AM
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trying hard to be a better person
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Drunk Astronauts
From here, a story about astronauts driving drunk.
I have two questions. 1. Who was the designated driver? and 2. What are they going to crash into up there anyway? NASA's latest blunder? Astronauts driving drunk TU THANH HA From Friday's Globe and Mail July 27, 2007 at 12:51 AM EDT Considering how image-conscious NASA is, the news couldn't have been more bizarre yesterday with the disclosure that some astronauts once blasted into orbit while blasted. The bombshell, first revealed by the magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology, is outlined in an internal report NASA is to make public Friday. But to some former managers at the space agency, it was no surprise. They spoke of a looser-ruled era in past decades when such drunken transgressions could have happened and been accepted by compliant flight surgeons.
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07-27-2007, 02:58 AM
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"Shit dude I just missed that asteroid."
"Dude that wasn't an comet..." "...it wasn't?" "No dude it was an asteroid!!!" "Sweet dude!!" "I'm so tired, dude, but I can't even tell what time it is out here..." |
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07-27-2007, 03:10 AM
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trying hard to be a better person
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OOoooh...asteroids!
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07-27-2007, 03:51 AM
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The future is unwritten
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You'd have to get me pretty drunk to make that trip.
1-They're so well trained they could do it in their sleep. 2-Huston is watching everything they do up there with a microscope. 3-The critical stuff is done by computers for most of the trip. 4-They're John Wayne mother fuckers, so no problem.
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07-27-2007, 05:35 AM
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 They did the Duke's mother?! How is that possible, what with their ages ........ oops, I see now. :p
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07-27-2007, 09:04 AM
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why so serious
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"Dude, where's my space shuttle"
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07-27-2007, 09:27 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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The upside down margaritas are hell in zero gravity.
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07-27-2007, 12:41 PM
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The first response was "Tang." That was quickly followed by "Vodka." This made me wonder "If orange juice and vodka is called a screwdriver, what do you call orange juice and Tang?" 
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07-27-2007, 12:42 PM
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A rocket driver
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07-27-2007, 12:44 PM
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maybe a BileDriver?
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07-27-2007, 12:46 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Hammer(ed) time.
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07-27-2007, 12:54 PM
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why so serious
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07-27-2007, 04:08 PM
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Nearly done.
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Mooning is always a problem with drunks.
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07-27-2007, 06:36 PM
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The astronauts were only capable of a bit of attitude adjustment in orbit ... the real driving was pretty much confined to things like landing the LM. Quote:
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07-27-2007, 07:02 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Maybe a little salt water to lick off the back of his hand?
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