Russian astronauts smuggled alcohol on orbiting stations by carrying bottles in hollo

[AtW]

"Russian astronauts smuggled alcohol on orbiting stations by carrying bottles in hollowed-out books and losing weight to sneak containers inside their suits in a bid to workaround the ban on booze in space

Alcohol is banned from space because ethanol can damage technology
But inspectors regularly found caches of booze aboard Russian space stations
One cosmonaut crash-dieted to stash cognac in his suit and maintain his weight
NASA astronauts once joined their cosmonauts at a 'cognac party' aboard Mir "

Astronauts have snuck alcohol into space in hollowed-out books and pouches in their spacesuits | Daily Mail Online



Surely getting equipment to distill vodka would have been more efficient and better long term option?

[ladymuck]

I wonder why no-one is suprised by this

[Paddy]

I wonder why no-one is suprised by this

Did you ever smuggle alcohol into a nightclub?

[ladymuck]

Did you ever smuggle alcohol into a nightclub?

No, I don't think I ever did.

That's a long time ago though.

[AtW]

Coke (white stuff) would be even easier to smuggle and better per KG profit - tourists will pay any price