Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, battery charges

Orlando Sentinel ^ | February 5, 2007 | Henry Pierson Curtis

[burzum]

A NASA astronaut is charged with attacking her rival for another astronaut's attention early Monday at Orlando International Airport, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.

Lisa Marie Nowak drove from Texas to meet the 1 a.m. flight of a younger woman who had also been seeing the male astronaut Nowak pined for, according to Orlando police.

Nowak -- who was a mission specialist on a Discovery launch last summer -- was wearing a trench coat and wig and had a knife, BB pistol, rubber tubing and plastic bags, reports show. Once U.S. Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman arrived, Nowak followed her to the airport's Blue Lot for long-term parking, tried to get into Shipman's car and doused her with pepper spray, according to reports.

[blam]

"At least this didn't happen ON the shuttle..."

Well? A new, mile high club?

I just wonder what the hubby and kids are thinking?

[Fitzcarraldo]

2Lt Colleen Shipman (62E1G), Wright-Patterson AFB

[Fitzcarraldo]

Colleen's Home Page

[Liberty Valance]

Wow.

[mdmathis6]

"I've got a great line but I'd be banned for life."

Ahhhh comon man....live dangerously(or at least freepmail me!)

[Lancey Howard]

Obviously, the "right stuff" days are long gone. Nice to know that nowadays ANYBODY can be an astronaut.

[mikrofon]

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words darling kiss me

[pepperdog]

"Whatever that means. ;-)"

That comment plus your screen name bring to mind all kinds of things. :^)

[Fitzcarraldo]

Colleen's Home Page

Willkommen!

I'm the one in the shades, standing next to Ruth (my best friend),
who's holding her son, Nicholas. Golden Gate Bridge. September 6, 2001.

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My Major: Chemical Engineering -- BioProcess Engineering Focus

What a pain in the butt this major is! Tell you what...if I knew when I was a freshman what I know now, I'd have taken up Electrical Engineering. Who'd have guessed that when I graduate in May of this year, I will have learned enough chemistry to be dangerous. They should have called this major "Fluid-flow and Heat Transfer Engineering." Honestly.

Well, thank heaven that I came through Penn State when Biotechnology is taking off, and a new option in the Chemical Engineering department opened up. Yep, I jetted into the new BioProcess Engineering Option faster than you could say "tray spacing." The opportunities in the Biotechnology field abound and (thank all things holy) have little to do with distillation towers and smelly old refineries. I had the pleasure of working in the BioTechnology Pilot Plant at Penn State for an entire semester, growing E. coli and purifying protiens. Many companies are doing the same today...searching for the most efficient process for producing and purifying proteins that can do things from making beer glow, to signaling the brain to stop storing fat.

So, what does a BioProcess Engineer do?        Just look at all the options!

• Be commissioned a 2nd Lt in the the Air Force & work as a Project Engineer (That's what I'm doing!!)
• Work for any pharmaceutical company, like Merck (R&D, sales, production)
• Work in the food industry for Kraft , Hershey , etc.
• BASF -- you know, make things better!!
• Of course, you could always go to Grad School
• Penn State will help with the job search

There are some professional societies for Chemical Engineers and Students of Chemical Engineering alike. The most popular one in America is:

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE

Now is when I should mention that I'm also getting my degree in German this May.

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My 2nd Major:   German

It's called a "dual-degree" program.   That's fancy for "it'll take you 7 years to graduate, fool."   The program's available to any student in engineering wishing to add a language (and 3 years) to their studies. Still, joining this program was the best idea I ever had. Not only did I get to do a study abroad in sunny Kiel, Germany, but now I've got this language skill that I never dreamed I'd master.   I'll get extra "language-pay" in the Air Force and can market myself as bilingual to the 3 biggest chemical engineering companies in the world. (They are based in Germany!)  

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Want to see my Resume?

This page was created by Colleen Shipman.

You can email me at: cms259@psu.edu

[beef]

Something tells me this is just going to get weirder.

[mdmathis6]

You sure it wasn't Greyhound buses?...badumpbumpkwshhhhhh!

[Calvin Locke]

Hey, you could get an infection from a bb...

Didn't the Soviets place a grain of ricin in a bb for the Bulgarians?

[HitmanLV]

;-)

[Wally_Kalbacken]

What did he sign, his cell number?

[Fitzcarraldo]

William A. Oefelein (Commander, USN)
NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA: Born March 29, 1965 in Ft. Belvoir,
 Virginia, but considers Anchorage, Alaska to be his 
hometown. He has two children. Recreational interests
 include weight lifting, wake and snow boarding, fishing, 
and backcountry hiking. His parents, Randall W. and Billye
 M. Oefelein, reside in Anchorage, Alaska.

Divorced astronaut. As they say, don't dip your pen in company ink.

[swheats]

She has to be on crack or meth.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Cheerleader Mom, Drown-My Kids Mom, Run-Over-My-Hubby Mom, and now Space-Cadet-In-Diapers Mom.

Houston may not be the best place to find a wife....

[BenLurkin]

Hmmm....might just work.

[taxesareforever]

"Her status as an astronaut with NASA is currently unchanged.

Must be represented by the teachers union.

[LdSentinal]

First Italian-American woman in space.