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What Drugs Do Astronauts Take?

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-boosterspice-for-me-thanks dept.

astroengine writes "Science fiction is stuffed full of examples of pill-popping space explorers and aliens enjoying psychedelic highs. After all, space is big; it can get boring/scary/crazy up there. It's little wonder, then, that our current space explorers consume a cocktail of uppers, downers, tranquilizers and alcohol to get the job done. Robert Lamb on tranquilizers in the space station: 'Sure, it hardly makes for a civilized evening aboard ISS, but it beats someone blowing the hatch because they think they saw something crawling on one of the solar panels.'"

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  1. You ever... by turing_m · · Score: 5, Funny

    You ever watch C beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate... on weed?

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    If I have seen further it is by stealing the Intellectual Property of giants.
  2. Dude.... by Paxtez · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure what they take, but whatever they are, they are out of this world...

  3. Please untie all of this duct tape! by WGFCrafty · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.

    Please do try a diazepam or alprazolam Dave, they will surely calm you down.

  4. Obligatory by srussia · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Do they smoke grass out in space, Bowie? Or do they smoke astroturf?

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    Set your phasers on "funky"!