Astronaut loses it in orbit? Get out the tranquilizers and duct tape
February 26th - 6 Responses


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After the very public breakdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak U.S. media, missing anything of more substance to cover, have shined a bright spotlight on NASA and their policies regarding astronauts and their mental health. Recently, it has surfaced that NASA has detailed instructions on how to handle crew that become unhinged during a mission. Those are to bound the crewmates wrists and ankles with duct tape, secure them with a bungie cord and drug them with tranquilizers, if necessary. After seeing countless science fiction movies where unruly crew mates lose it in space, I for some reason never imagined NASA needing such measures. NASA went on to elaborate that they’ve determined the need for weapons in space modules isn’t necessary, at least not until we can fight wars in outer space.

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