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 Congress sets sights on NASA’s shuttle program
It can’t get much worse for NASA these days. Following the much publicized “love triangle” episode and on the heels of recent revelations that not only has computer equipment been sabotaged but that astronauts have been allowed to blast into orbit under the influence of alcohol, a congressional committee has unearthed some of the most disturbing news to date regarding NASA’s beleaguered space shuttle program.
When pressed by the committee to provide all documents pertaining to the shuttle program for the last five years, NASA’s involuntary compliance ignited a firestorm. On the shuttle’s most recent mission into space, at a cost of 86 million taxpayer dollars, the shuttle’s crew conducted three tests to determine the following: 1) The effects of zero gravity on trying to bounce a quarter into a shot glass and make your buddy “slam his beer” 2) The effects of non ozone-filtered ultraviolet radiation on smoking a “hog-leg” and staring at a Grateful Dead poster 3) The effects of inebriation on trying to land a 4,474,574 lb spacecraft.
Ted Kennedy had no comment during the proceedings.
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