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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.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on July 27, 2007 03:20 PM |

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