[Cat loving Texan]

The bigger issue, more than drinking, is NASA's apparent disregard of mental health and behavior issues among its astronauts,

With astronauts riding in diapers across country to assault romantic rivals, ya think???

[Joe 6-pack]

I wish they'd just let those astronauts have their whacky love triangles without some stick in the mud Air Force psychologist getting in the middle of everything...

[vetsvette]

“NASA is discouraging open communications by rebutting reports of drunken astronauts”

The guy must be a lib because only a leftist thinks any disagreement with his position is discouraging to open communication. All communication to leftists must be in full agreement with whatever they say.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Both the Challenger and Columbia disasters were blamed, in part, on miscommunication and broken safety cultures within the space agency.”

What the hey does “broken safety cultures” mean?

Thank you.

[Names Ash Housewares]

“With astronauts riding in diapers across country to assault romantic rivals, ya think???”

Singular, one astronaut.

Shall we judge the US Marines by Oswald?

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[KevinDavis]

[RightWhale]

• do not encourage openness and safety, make future reporting even less likely, and increase the risk of future mishaps or incidents

  Why should NASA encourage openness? It does not relate to safety, future risk, but makes reporting less likely which might not be such a bad thing.