NASA Accused of Deriding Drinking Report

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

(AP) -- An Air Force doctor who headed a controversial astronaut health study told Congress on Thursday that NASA is discouraging open communications by rebutting reports of drunken astronauts on launch day and deriding the claims as urban legends.

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