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Cosmonaut wants Booze in Space

ananova.com — A Russian cosmonaut says alcohol should be allowed in space. Salizhan Sharipov, who has just returned from the International Space Station, said an occasional tipple would help cosmonauts relax. Speaking at a press conference, Sharipov said it would be 'desirable' to have 50mm of wine or cognac per day.

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  • AmyVernon, on 10/05/2008, -3/+55Ah, why the hell not?
  • ks136, on 10/05/2008, -1/+51Might as well send up a couple of hookers while they're at it.
  • Justavian, on 10/06/2008, -1/+51As long as they promise not to have more than 50 millimeters at a time.
  • sinuegoist, on 10/06/2008, -1/+31Headlines in Russian newspapers 2010: "First Drunk Spacewalk A Success!"
  • DeLucain, on 10/06/2008, -2/+29Really, you figured out that the Cosmonaut was Russian? Wow! :P

    Sorry, had to get you on that one! But I get what you're saying; from a comical sense all Russians are vodka loving drunks.
  • divinediva, on 10/05/2008, -0/+26Dont get drunk is the key word. It should be taken during off time.
  • inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+25Raise a glass for all of humanity. What a toast!
  • thegamingguy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+22"just to take the edge off"
  • bixby1, on 10/06/2008, -1/+22Here's to being single, sleeping double, and drinking in space.
  • Sup3rSh3ep, on 10/06/2008, -0/+20"Sharipov has been in orbit with Italian and American astronauts since October 2004."
    Well, there's the reason!
  • gr33nT4U, on 10/06/2008, -0/+19alcohol and anti-gravity. sounds like a great idea to me!
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -2/+20vodka give me my vodka!
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+15and I will send them sausages. booze and sausages
  • SuperKewlGirl, on 10/05/2008, -2/+17why not?
  • VIJoe, on 10/06/2008, -0/+15What's the fun of being completely outside any human legal jurisdiction if you can't have some fun? We should send up a re-supply mission with hookers and blow. Next time: Monkey Knife-Fights.
  • pistonhonda, on 10/06/2008, -0/+14After five beers:

    "Hey guys, let's go space walking!"
  • downwithwilco, on 10/06/2008, -0/+13SPACE WINE
  • huff51, on 10/06/2008, -0/+13methinks 50mL
  • BoneStamp, on 10/06/2008, -0/+12Sounds like a valid science experiment for the next mission.
  • footlong24seven, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13In soviet russia, space drinks in you.
  • luckless, on 10/06/2008, -0/+10Hey it worked on MIR... booze and hammer time* that's what kept it going.

    *Hammer Time (usually applied to delicate electronic equipment):
    If it doesn't work hit it with a hammer, if you break it it didn't work to begin with.
  • ramiro, on 10/06/2008, -6/+15LOL, I knew it was a Russian even before reading the description.
  • specter19, on 10/06/2008, -4/+13Lol because theres no cops to bust them when they crash they're space shuttle into an asteroid
  • DrLeePhD, on 10/06/2008, -0/+850ml of wine -OR- cognac? Get more for your mL and take the cognac!
    I'd bet they'll only get hard-alcohol in space, not that it's bad but being science-types they'll never spend the extra weight to send beer or wine when they could send grain alcohol. I say YES!! and it'll make the community-access NASA-TV on my cable more interesting.
  • flogger, on 10/06/2008, -1/+9He'll get buzzed, pee on the wall, throw up, and then forget where he is and open the exit door intending to head home. wo0T!
  • salter84, on 10/06/2008, -2/+10hell i want booze in space.... this could make for great news... "This just in, russian space craft sputnic2 collides with the international spaces station early this morning, pilot of sputnic2 Valdimir Skochofski fled the scene, he was last seen wearing a space suit...... the space police are setting up checkpoints throughout the galaxy this holiday season to try and bring space craft DWI accidents to a halt.
  • scoot2006, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8I would love to get drunk in 0 gravity. I have a feeling it would make me throw up with all the spinning.
  • Asianwaste, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6I would say the rationale behind not having booze is because we have enough simple terrestrial problems involving booze. These guys may be astronauts, but a bad boozer takes many forms and has many jobs.

    Also no one wants to clean up the zero G vomit. :D
  • Smeeeprig, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6I can imagine them getting pissed and waking the next morning wondering where the hell they got the traffic cone from.
  • ORBAT, on 10/06/2008, -0/+6You're fighting a losing battle, son.
  • zazzalicious, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/r ...

    Almost every member of the crew of the Mir space station had a bottle of cognac at their disposal.

    Alexander Poleshchuk, who spent six months on Mir in 1993 said that when their personal reserves ran out, some on the space station would explore it for more, removing interior panels during their expeditions.

    "Sometimes we would bump into a bottle of cognac," he said. "What a joy it was."
  • kingfoot, on 10/06/2008, -0/+5then lock it down. send them up with a small glass a day's worth per person who requested it. lock it up into a computer that allows just one serving of it per day, no more, but if they dont use it that day, they cant get it later. one time thing so then all can choose to have it or not, and if they do, they are guaranteed to not over do it.
  • atomiku, on 10/06/2008, -1/+6I'd be happy with a fleshlight.
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4They used to drink on MIR all the time.
  • Shirleycakes, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4...an Irish Cosmonaut?
  • inactive, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4"I accidentally the Space Station, is this bad?"

    No, people the Space Station all the time. Perfectly natural.
  • ThePenrod, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4I don't know... this could be great opportunity for the study of copulation in zero gravity environments... you know... space *****.
  • rainskyla, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4rule is made for the earth...not for the sky...do whatever u want.
  • Myztry, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4Not sure about alcohol, but if they wouldn't let me step outside for a smoke...
  • porkdanish, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Your Martinis would always stay perfectly blended!

  • pearsoaw, on 10/06/2008, -3/+6Is it just me, or does it make no sense to measure volume in mm? It would make sense if it was mm cubed. Is that what they are implying? Sorry if I sound ignorant to some, I'm American and have no idea how much 50mm would be.
  • zombie210, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3It sure would make those TV interviews from space more interesting, nothing like a drunk russian to spice things up.
  • Kahnza, on 10/06/2008, -1/+450ml is barely more than 1.5oz. Unless it is high % it won't do anything. Even then, that much vodka would barely give me a buzz.
  • pimpofpixels, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4Well, they're already getting really high........
  • fjacky66, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Dean Martin "You ait drunk in till your laying on the floor and hanging on to sometin"
  • passedoutghost, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4Because I read an article on digg saying that astronauts get depressed in space and giving them alcohol would worsen their state of mind?
  • Tbyrd073, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3I highly doubt any Russian would get drunk from 50mL of cognac or anything else for that matter.
  • fx666, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Ground control to Major Tom...
  • iKriz, on 10/06/2008, -1/+4They can measure rainfall in mm why can't do it with booze? :)
  • groo68, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3Kingfoot then they would just take turns getting drunk and give all their alcohol to who evers turn it was on that day.
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