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NASA Has Not Fully Implemented Alcohol & Psych Recommendations

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 8, 2010
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NASA’s Astronaut Corps: Status of Corrective Actions Related to Health Care Activities, NASA OIG, 6 July 2010
NASA Had Not Taken Actions to Address Two Recommendations. At the time of this review, NASA Headquarters had not addressed the recommendation from the Safety and Mission Assurance report to implement a NASA-wide alcohol testing program because no NASA official had been assigned responsibility to address the issue.”
NASA Was Unable to Address One Recommendation. NASA was unable to address a Committee recommendation that it fully integrate behavioral health information derived from psychological testing evaluations into the final selection process of astronaut candidates if the information is found to be useful.”
NASA Fact Sheet on the Findings of the Astronaut Health Care System Review Committee, earlier post from 2007
NASA JSC Internal Assessment of Medical Practices after Nowak Incident, earlier post from 2007
NASA Astronaut Health Care System Review Committee February – June, 2007 Report to the Administrator, earlier post from 2007
Opening Remarks on Astronaut Health Reports by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, earlier post from 2007

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