Drunkness still flies into space

On Friday, July 27, NASA leadership admitted at least two drunken American astronauts were allowed to fly into space.

The head of NASA's Independent Medical Commission - Air Force colonel Richard Bachmann said: 'One is allowed to fly to the ISS International Space Station on the Russian' Soyuz 'ship. The other person is allowed to fly on the US shuttle. ' Richard Bachmann added, in the second case, the flight was canceled due to technical reasons and in the first case, the drunk astronaut still made the flight as if nothing had happened.

According to NASA's announcement, both of these violations were missed by the Committee members. However, NASA did not intend to name astronauts as well as the exact dates of the flights mentioned above. However, NASA representatives admitted the level of intoxication was enough to jeopardize the flight.

The use of alcohol by American astronauts before flying was known to public opinion after the Health Committee established by the US government announced the results of a scandal investigation of the female astronaut Lisa Novak in January. 2 years now.

In this case, Lisa Novak was arrested for plotting to kidnap and even kill her rival, resulting in March and both Novak and her lover being fired from the American astronauts.

In the opinion of experts, the above unfortunate events are caused by the NASA Board of Directors loose the monitoring function, so that US astronauts violate the ban on drinking within 12 hours before the trip fly. Chances are there are not only 2 cases as stated above.

In response to this situation, the US House of Science and Technology Subcommittee decided to hold special and public hearings on this issue in the first week of September, immediately after the House of Representatives ended the holiday. August summer.

Bart Gordon's press release, Bart Gordon, stated: 'Drunkness behind the wheel is always a bad act, and if the vehicle is a shuttle worth a few billion dollars, the more unacceptable'.

At the same time, NASA Director Michael Griffin also decided to set up a Health Committee of doctors, psychologists, jurists, security experts and a few astronauts to prepare a report. specifically about NASA disciplinary violations.

No one knows what the outcome of the House of Representatives' hearing will be and the contents of the upcoming NASA report. It is possible that NASA's reputation will therefore be seriously compromised and some characters' careers will be ' halfway out of burden '.

Vu Viet