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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. Re:ah duct tape.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Subduing a crazy crewmember in a Gemini or an Apollo LM would certainly have been ...interesting.

    And possibly erotic. In fact, I think I saw that here.

  2. Re:Let's see how... (correction) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll watch it with your little sister or daughter, then I'll fuck her in the mouth.

  3. Hmm... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 1, Troll

    So I'm assuming that the belief that "the right stuff" is a mixture of courage, determination, and good old all-american grit, rather than a delightful assortment of "better living through chemistry" options is just one of those lies we tell to children...