NASA worker sabotages shuttle Endeavour computer
Newsroom
7/27/2007

NASA says a space program worker deliberately cut several wires of a computer that's supposed to fly on shuttle Endeavour next month.

NASA announced Thursday the act of sabotage was caught before the equipment was loaded onto the spaceship.

The unidentified employee works for a NASA subcontractor. Officials say the worker cut wires inside the computer that's supposed to be delivered to the international space station by Endeavour.

The worker also damaged a similar computer that was not meant to fly to space. The sabotage occurred outside Florida. Authorities didn't release the name of the subcontractor or where the damage took place.

NASA's inspector general office is investigating.

NASA hopes to fix the computer and launch it August seventh as planned on Endeavour. Mission Control is at Johnson Space Center in Houston.


Also, a NASA reports says an independent health panel studying astronauts found some had ``heavy use of alcohol'' before launch. Trade journal :Aviation Week & Space Technology reports the alcohol use by astronauts was within the standard 12-hour ``bottle-to-throttle'' rule applied to NASA flight crew members.

The panel was created following the February arrest of now-ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was implicated in a love triangle after driving from Houston to Florida.

NASA plans a news conference this afternoon to release findings on the health of astronauts. A NASA official confirmed the report has claims of alcohol use by astronauts before launch -- but said the information is based on anonymous interviews and is unsubstantiated.

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