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 ...
That made me laugh out loud. I always feel when someone types “Lol”, they’re not being sincere.
That would be gross.
>> a married couple in space ... “Of course not!”
An endless and complex argument of who’s on top...
Nobody would get me up there without several Martinis.
This one sentence in the entire article covers the real issue with drinking alcohol in space no matter who you are pilot or passenger.
When is space you need to have your wits about you at all times. You never know when something may go wrong. Even a passenger (tourist) needs to be able to perform emergency procedures that would be necessary to save their own life or that of others.
You can’t get out of the space ship and walk to the next house for help. There are no parachutes. If you are even a little tipsy it may cost you a second or two that may cost you or others their life.
Travel to a space station is not like taking an airliner to a vacation destination. There are procedures for different kinds of emergencies that everyone on board has to know how to deal with in rapid order.
Alcohol slows the mind and can cause confusion. These things can mean quick death in space.
I agree. The ISS, even though it has been in place for so many years, still looks like it could start to fall apart at a moments notice.
I would have to drink to go there. I would have to drink a lot.
because no one on the ground wants to see a Hold My Beer moment in space...
Oh you are good.
I corrected my post, but thanks for the note.
1 atm is a total waste of resources, no need at all to run that much pressure in space. Seeing as it is a gooberment op, money is never a consideration.
Doesn’t matter. You cant get it “up” there.
Higher altitudes generally have a thinner atmosphere. So less oxygen, meaning you get woozier anyway. Combined with drinking, you’ll likely feel drunker quicker. On the space station, however, the air density is held to about sea level pressure.
Unless you open the windows. Then it gets real thin atmosphere wise.
Oh, dear - I didn’t know that. Has someone told Commander Riker on Star Trek?
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