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Topic: M-G-A Astro's Favorite Drinks
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User997
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Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 08-11-2006 10:29 AM
  
After reading the previous subject about what astronauts smoked, and preference of brands; I had the same curiousity about drinking.What alcoholic drinks did particular M-G-A astronaut's favor back in the day? |
KC Stoever
Member Posts: 1012
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 08-11-2006 10:49 AM
I think Carpenter favored scotch, American-style--on the rocks--in the 1960s. |
FutureAstronaut
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Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 08-11-2006 04:04 PM
I don't know how accurate it was, but in the movie version of "The Right Stuff", When Pancho did her little speech about the hot test pilots, and the dreamers, Gordo got a scotch. Was that true?
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kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-11-2006 08:28 PM
Michael Collins seemed to favor Martinis, though he also liked beer and wine.In stark contrast to todays astros, some of which don't even drink coffee... |
User997
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posted 08-11-2006 10:18 PM
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Originally posted by kyra:
In stark contrast to todays astros, some of which don't even drink coffee...
Yea, Mike Mullane had some great thoughts on that fact in his book! Wish I had his book in front of me and I'd give some quotes.
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FutureAstronaut
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posted 08-11-2006 10:30 PM
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Yea, Mike Mullane had some great thoughts on that fact in his book! Wish I had his book in front of me and I'd give some quotes.[QUOTE]I'm on Chapter 3. I'll let you know when I come across something like that.
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kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-12-2006 09:46 AM
The quote that comes to mind is drinking coffee before lanch is to "Commit bladder suicide". The reason I mention the coffee thing is some of today's astros do not even drink coffee in orbit - and this is a contrast to the MGA types that would have brought with something with kick - coffee or alcohol as soon as they were allowed (NASA never did give in to that Skylab was going to have wine but the Christian Women's Temperence Union made a protest with NASA. I'll never be sure how they got the clout to do that. It would be like having an Elks club stop an expressway project.)
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Hawkman
Member Posts: 400
From: Union, New Jersey
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-19-2006 11:47 PM
How about good ol' Tang!!!???  |
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