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Why astronauts are banned from getting drunk in space
BBC ^ | 2/20/17 | Bryan Lufkin

Posted on 02/20/2017 6:22:56 PM PST by Rebelbase

[snip] The truth is, booze has historically had a complicated relationship with space exploration. Let’s take a look at what exactly could happen to astronauts who drink alcohol — and what might happen if we start sending more libations to humans in space.

There is a widely held belief that getting sloshed at higher altitudes makes you feel woozier faster. So it would seem logical to assume drinking alcohol while in orbit could have even more bizarre effects on humans. But this notion may not actually be true.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: King Moonracer
I was a good question. I guessed it was between 0 to 5,000 ft altitude and was surprised that it was all the way to sea level.

Though, as the US sends up volumes likely sealed at sea level so there would be less to accommodate at the ISS airlock if the pressures were approximatly equal.

21 posted on 02/20/2017 6:48:31 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Rebelbase

22 posted on 02/20/2017 6:50:23 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Crumbs are problematic in space.

Absolutely and imagine unzipping and trying to write your name in space. The horror. The horror.
23 posted on 02/20/2017 6:51:15 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PA Engineer
Absolutely and imagine unzipping and trying to write your name in space. The horror. The horror.

And if you drink lots of beer, you learn both about Newton's laws and why you want propulsion lined up with the center of mass rather than below it. Ivan is in a spin, repeat, Ivan is in a spin.

24 posted on 02/20/2017 7:03:49 PM PST by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Rebelbase

In Heaven they have no beer,
That’s why we drink it here...


25 posted on 02/20/2017 7:05:18 PM PST by AnalogReigns (Real life is ANALOG...)
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To: Rebelbase

License and registration please sir. Do you know why I stopped you? You were going about 17,000 miles per hour around that last orbit. How much have you had to drink tonight?


26 posted on 02/20/2017 7:05:44 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

LOL!


27 posted on 02/20/2017 7:07:04 PM PST by Professional
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To: Rebelbase

NASA sent a married couple into space many years back. Reporters asked if they would do it in space and NASA said, “Of course not!”


28 posted on 02/20/2017 7:08:01 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Vendome

Our high school typing class key chart was marked up with “Space Bar & Grill”.

A True Magazine cover that year showed a chick baring her boobs to an astronaut in a spacesuit who looked trapped.


29 posted on 02/20/2017 7:13:45 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: 1rudeboy

Trouble is, you get no buzz from synthehol. Thus Quark’s reference to the Federation being like root beer.


30 posted on 02/20/2017 7:27:42 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Rebelbase

When I lived in Colorado, someone once told me the quickest way to get drunk was to drive up Mount Evans and drink a six pack. I asked if that included the drive time.


31 posted on 02/20/2017 7:30:06 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

A priest was driving to New York and got pulled over in Connecticut for speeding. The trooper smelled the booze and saw an empty wine bottle on the floorboard. He asked, “Father, have you been drinking?” The priest said, “Just water.” The trooper asked, “What’s that?” pointing to the bottle in the floorboard. The priest said, “Good Lord! He did it again!”


32 posted on 02/20/2017 7:38:30 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Rebelbase

No White Castles in space.


33 posted on 02/20/2017 7:42:51 PM PST by Proyecto Anonimo
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To: Fred Hayek

Excellent episode. The Way of the Warrior. Quark was not trying to refer to the Federation in any comparison between synthehol and root beer though. Quark was comparing root beer, itself, to the Federation. The Klingons had just massively attacked Cardassia convinced they were under control of the Dominion.

Anyhow here is the actual conversation which was nearly cut from the final episode but left in at the insistence of the actors. It turned out to be one of the most memorable scenes in DS9 and pretty much any other Star Trek episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VhSm6G7cVk


34 posted on 02/20/2017 7:44:50 PM PST by BlackSeal
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To: Rebelbase

“Houston, hey Houston! Bubba just busted a window in the space station trying to hit a satellite with a beer bottle!”


35 posted on 02/20/2017 7:45:55 PM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Vendome

So if you can’t get drunk in space we have to write Whoppi out of the franchise?


36 posted on 02/20/2017 8:05:36 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
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To: Rebelbase

Just like the idea of “doing the nasty” in space, when asked if the Russians have tried it, Mr Kitty’s reply is, “Of, course.”


37 posted on 02/20/2017 8:11:40 PM PST by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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To: Rebelbase

Careful, they’re ruffled.


38 posted on 02/20/2017 8:16:07 PM PST by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Rebelbase

Opening the airlock at the wrong time would be problematic as well. Falling over on the wrong button or damaging vital equipment might just cause your death as well.


39 posted on 02/20/2017 8:22:25 PM PST by Crucial
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To: King Moonracer
The author is correct because you have doubts?

I have doubts about everything.

40 posted on 02/20/2017 8:22:52 PM PST by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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