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Published online 27 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070723-12
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Dark days for NASA
Space agency hit by claims of theft, sabotage and drunkenness.
NASA's reputation took a battering this week as the space agency's staff faced a range of misconduct allegations, including allowing astronauts to fly when drunk, the deliberate sabotage of a computer for a forthcoming shuttle flight, and failing to stop the loss of equipment worth nearly $100 million.
A new internal report produced by NASA reveals that astronauts have been allowed to fly when drunk.
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