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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:04 AM Original message |
I'm calling BULL POOP on allegations of drunk astronauts |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. That was a distraction story from the real story of SABOTAGE at NASA. |
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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What SABOTAGE are you talking about? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I'm talking about the sub-contractor individual who manually cut wires in one of the computers. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, I've known a few drunken pilots. Look at our Commander in Chief. |
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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Obviously you have not read the post. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. My, aren't you angry. I got the phrase from the aviation community. |
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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Ass I said, you didnt read the post. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It says it happened at least twice. It doesn't give you specific dates, if that's what you are |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I remember Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And his character probably got it on in those CREW QUARTERS, too!!! |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I'm thinking space is the new frontier for Lindsay Lohan's career |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. As long as she's not behind the wheel on the freeway, I don't give a shit what she snorts. |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think they were drunk in the shuttle. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. They were hung over and impaired, for sure |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, indeed. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, the report differentiates. The media loves to spin as always. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. I agree |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. We've had drunken airline pilots pulled from flights |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know about the NASA pilots but I've strapped in drunk fighter pilots. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Isn't that truth rather interesting! I know of what you speak.... nt |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You are correct |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. So true. I've flown a jillion times with a hangover but only once while actually drunk... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. My roomy in Viet Nam had done a previous tour as a helo pilot .. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. No surprise at all. (Assuming here the statute of limitations has come and gone): |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Fighter pilot breakfast: A cigarette, a cup of coffee, and a good puke. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. We had one hotshot Lt. who had to clean up his own puke in the cockpit. |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. HELL!! I wouldn't blame them!! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. watch or read "the right stuff". |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier with a broken rib. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. i love the yeager stoyline...but i was thinking more of gus grissom |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. It sounded like someone had a drink seven hours before flight... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They have the rules confused: It's "No smoking within 12 hours of a flight, and |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. ... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. It was worse than that. See the quotes upthread. nt |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thanks...I went through them... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Well, the NASA doctors disagree with you. Perhaps you should take it up with them. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh, well - ok then. As long as somebody who wasn't there tells me so. |
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