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NASA astronaut arrested over attack on love rival
Feb 6, 2007, 14:20 GMT
Washington - A female NASA astronaut has been arrested in Florida on suspicion of attacking her love rival in a relationship with another astronaut, US reports said.
Navy Captain Lisa Nowak, 43, was arrested Monday at Orlando airport and charged with battery, attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary and destruction of evidence.
Police said Nowak had driven some 1,500 kilometres from Houston, Texas to confront a woman identified as Colleen Shipman about her relationship with astronaut and naval commander William Oefelein.
Nowak was said to also be in a relationship with Oefelein. She was reportedly armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a wig.
Nowak, a married mother of three, flew on a shuttle Discovery mission last July. She was expected to appear in court Tuesday.
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John, that's just dedication to the mission. We should be proud that we have such dedicated, resourceful go-getters as officers in our military.
Geez, talk about a crazy woman. I can't believe people like that made it into the navy! She musy have been pretty angry to not even stop for bathroom brakes. Some people...
Lane: I hope you're kidding.
I read in another paper that bail was denied. Was she a flight risk?
You have to admit... it is a litte weird though..
do these people n e v e r consider the damage done to their children?
Let me see if I understand this.
This woman was angry because her boyfriend was involved with another woman? But she is married and carrying on an affair with this other man? This has Jerry Springer written all over it.
The funny thing is that a MARRIED mother of three NASA astronaut goes out of her way to confront her lover's other woman. LOL... How would she like it, if her lover confronted her husband? She shouldn't care who her lover sees, after all she's the married one...LOL.... a diaper.... so funny.... Space made her loopy.
Hell hath no fury...
'Superior intellect breeds superior ambition' Spock, from The Wrath of Kahn prequel in TOS.
Can someone PLEASE think of the children!
dont mess with the squids
How stupid can you get?? This woman need counseling desperately!
Some women just cannot resist a man;in or out of his uniform!
After all of NASAs astronaut image management and manipulation--the golden best that the U.S.A. has to offer--this must be an incredibly bad moment.
Makes me wonder. On that long drive out, didnt that little voice speak up? That one in your head that says, 'This is CRAZY. This is a really bad idea'.
I think its safe to say, she will be out of the Navy and NASA when this is all over.
This shows that just because somebody got a PHD and an astronaut doesn't mean they are 'smart'!!!
Our institutions only focus on developing 'Rational' intelligence so people can be good little robots contributing to the Capitalism!
There are 8 other known intelligences which get ignored and at the end we have lots of depressed nutbars running around!
America has the most number of depressed people (45%) taking anti depressants. 90% of them are High class or upper middle class people! Money is not everything people, go sign up for a Yoga or a meditation class!
I always said riding a controlled explosion into space and walking around with just a plastic suit to save you from certian death in a vaccum was crazy, well guess what?
And don't forget most of these people were Air Force test pilots. Hmmm, be the first to fly an experimental airplane? Sorry, too much risk for me.
As far as the diaper bit, astro-nuts wear them all the time. Not like you can take a potty break in a 13G launch or on a spacewalk.
Either way 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'....
Unlike cyberspace sex, outerspace sex must be the bomb!
Obviously a case of alien probing that has gone unreported from the July shuttle mission. Given the recent UFO
Shocking news which raises another more profound question. How the hell does NASA recruit such an astronaut? One would have to think that these people are screened not only for their tangible qualifications and core skills but also for emotional stability and psychological soundness. What tests does NASA administer to these astronauts to guarantee such a thing?
Can you imagine a scene where this woman and her romantic rival are part of the same space mission, and the latter takes a space walk? This woman might just cut the umbilical cord.
And NASA looks for the 'best' People to go into space?????
Just call her Frank. ;)
Weird enough to be the next US president...
The story tells me that there's a bleeding heart, and there's aslo a sex organ inside Nowak's heavy spacesuit.
What did you wear yesterday?
What do you wear today?
What will you wear tomorrow?
And the day after?
Let he/she who is without sin cast the first stone.
A ***scientist*** behaving like this? Not a creationist clinic bomber? Not some obese, lonely, vindictive fan-fiction-writing girl? Not some mumbling, cat-collecting bunny-boiler? That does it. Now that I've heard this story, I've seen it all! Stop the world, I'm getting off and going somewhere else!
Whoa... wait a minute, this just in... apparently not being on this world per se no longer protects you.
Now crazy women can get you in space.
Signed, A WOMAN EMBARRASSED FOR ALL WOMEN
think about this...what if she decided to do this once she was in the Shuttle...lol....'Hey b**ch, you mess with me and mine, now I am gonna mess you up'
LOL
im crazy too, can i go on next space mission please
set controls for the heart of the sun
'During a search of Nowak's car parked at a nearby motel, the police found a letter written by Nowak in which she proclaimed her love for Oefelein, along with latex gloves, opened packages for a buck knife and for pepper spray, an unused BB cartridge, handwritten directions to Shipman's house, copies of e-mails from Shipman to Oefelein, and diapers.' (Yahoo News)
Ahh, my work is done. A perfected love triangle. Nothing says love better than latex, knives, pepper and guns. Oh yeah, diapers, too.
This just goes to prove flying a giant rocket powered RV isn't all that difficult if you've got enough time on your hands to screw around like this. Since they are salary, let's all remember they did this while we (taxpayers) were paying them. For that matter, I guess being the most powerful government leader on earth must not be that difficult either since a former President was able to do the same on our tax dollars.
Besides, these women have been duped. 'Oefelein' wasn't born that well endowed it was just an after effect of gravity during takeoff. 'It will shrink back to it's normal size ladies, it's an optical illusion...don't say I didn't warn you.'
If you look at Nowak's bio on wikipedia it will prove that sex does nothing to improve skin tone...look at the before and after. Hey, she kind of looks like Heidi Fleiss...hmmm.
stupid wh ore!
From the looks of her picture in the paper she looks like she’s spun out, ether from space or drugs, or maybe even fatal attraction depression who knows!!
Good Nyborg man!
Did anyone notice that the same photgraper that took Nick Nolte's mug-shot also took Captain(well, former Captain, I'm sure)Nowak's mug-shot? Or so it seemed, anyway. In other photo's of her, she is actually quite cute. The one making its rounds on news programs, she looks like Squeaky Fromme after a prison fight. Heaven only knows what goes through a person's head. There ain't a guy in the world worth wigging out over. And I'm saying this as a guy.
GONAVY - what has happened to my Navy! Subs accidents, Cruiser Captains off ship to drink, now
a love triangle!
YOU YANKS SUCK
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JohnFeb 6th, 2007 - 14:49:49
This article leaves out the best bit...she wore a diaper on the drive to avoid stopping for bathroom breaks. This person is a Captain in the Navy???? Oh, boy.
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