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Sunday, July 29, 2007


Drunk in Space   [Mark Krikorian]

Several readers reacted to my earlier post (which was a cheap shot about Russian weakness for drink) with this sentiment, no doubt channeling Derb:

Given the safety record of Russian spacecraft vs. American (the last time the Russians lost cosmonauts in space was 1971), perhaps heavy drinking is more appropriate before a Shuttle flight than a Soyuz flight.




 





 

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