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NASA Astronauts May Be Drug Tested
August 31, 2007

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A recent NASA report concluded that astronauts did not fly drunk into space, but has agency officials considering drug-testing of its employees, the Associated Press reported Aug. 29.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said the agency would develop a policy for post-accident and for-cause drug testing of astronauts and other agency workers. A 1991 law required NASA to develop an alcohol-testing policy, but the agency never did so.

NASA also plans to add excessive drinking to a list of banned activities for astronauts in the year before they launch.

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