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Thread: What is NASA's plan for dealing with an astronaut who loses it in space?

  1. 02-23-2007, 10:43 PM #1
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    What is NASA's plan for dealing with an astronaut who loses it in space?

    Answer: Duct Tape

    ...NASA has detailed, written procedures for dealing with a suicidal or psychotic astronaut in space. The documents, obtained this week by The Associated Press, say the astronaut's crewmates should bind his wrists and ankles with duct tape, tie him down with a bungee cord and inject him with tranquilizers if necessary.
    Full story at http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html
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  2. 02-23-2007, 10:57 PM #2
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    Ground Control to Major Tom....
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    I heard this is the same sentence they serve to a crew member caught roughing up the suspect in the zero-grav lavatory.
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    Since when is "if someone wigs out, duck tape em to a chair" considered a "plan"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by leroy jenkins View Post
    Since when is "if someone wigs out, duck tape em to a chair" considered a "plan"?
    It's a good way to make sure they don't open the airlock
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    So, what's NASA's plan for dealing with astronauts who lose it when not in space?
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    take away their diapers and hope it slows them down?
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    Funny stuff indeed, especially since I went to HS with Bill Oefelein here in Ak!

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