President Bush set an agressive space exploration agenda for the country. Included is a lunar settlement initiative.
Research on lunar settlements is not new -. Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, and Environmental research intensified in the 90's.
In the face of this, a human question. Is it wrong to deny the human pleasure of drinking, in a setting already devoid of most familiar experiences, and faces, and pleasures?
2007-08-07 18:40:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I didn't know it was wrong to drink and drive because of the value of the vehicle being driven. I thought it had more to do with personal responsibility and peoples' lives... call me crazy.
It isn't wrong to deny astronauts alcohol. Being an astronaut is a job. As with most jobs, you aren't allowed to drink or be intoxicated while working. Why should astronauts be allowed to be drunk on the job? The company, the quality of work, and peoples' lives could potentially suffer from inebriated employees.
It IS wrong however to deny people alcohol when they aren't working. Are cops, doctors, and firefighters allowed to drink when not working? Of course they are. Again, why should astronauts be any different?
Being drunk in a steel mill can kill you or others just as quickly as being drunk while constructing a lunar station. Employees with health, drug, or alcohol problems need to be dealt with appropriately given the nature of their job. Arriving drunk at the lunar construction site should be grounds for immediate termination (pack your bags and go home just as soon as the next flight arrives).
2007-08-07 20:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not wrong. It's bad enough when people drink and drive $25,000 vehicles. Drinking and flying $2,000,000,000 vehicles is absolutely out of the question.
That being said, a lunar settlement is a complete waste of money. Unlike Mars, there is absolutely no conceivable way of terraforming the Moon into a hospitable environment, and there's also nothing left to discover on the Moon. A settlement there would be a monetary black hole requiring constant expenditure and upkeep.
2007-08-07 18:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Frankly I doubt many astronauts drink at all, and if they do it is only socially and not to get drunk. Most of them have PhDs and families. These are not the type to be drunks or someone to worry about.
If the NASA flight surgeons don't see a problem in low gravity then it probably will be allowed especially for celebrations.
2007-08-07 18:43:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If we make alcohol illegal on the moon, the astronauts will just make....moon shine! I'm surprised nobody already made that joke.
2007-08-07 20:48:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking and driving a $50 million space vehicle.?...well, as long as they don't go over the 25,000 m.p.h. speed limit!
2007-08-07 20:05:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Booze makes man in the moon.
2007-08-07 18:47:49 · answer #6 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All things in moderation. A small glass of wine every day is good for you.
2007-08-07 18:44:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋