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Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, battery charges
Orlando Sentinel ^ | February 5, 2007 | Henry Pierson Curtis

Posted on 02/05/2007 5:27:04 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


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To: LibFreeOrDie
"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?

221 posted on 02/05/2007 7:02:10 PM PST by blam
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To: All

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


222 posted on 02/05/2007 7:04:56 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Colleen's Home Page
223 posted on 02/05/2007 7:07:40 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: burzum

Wow.


224 posted on 02/05/2007 7:07:42 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: Right Wing Assault

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

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


225 posted on 02/05/2007 7:10:38 PM PST by mdmathis6 (Save the Republic! Mess with the polling firms' heads!)
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To: Liberty Valance

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


226 posted on 02/05/2007 7:11:10 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Fitzcarraldo
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
227 posted on 02/05/2007 7:11:47 PM PST by mikrofon (Mooning over her man)
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To: HitmanLV

"Whatever that means. ;-)"

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


228 posted on 02/05/2007 7:13:11 PM PST by pepperdog
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To: All

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.

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!



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

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

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!)  


Want to see my Resume?

This page was created by Colleen Shipman.

You can email me at: cms259@psu.edu

229 posted on 02/05/2007 7:13:33 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: burzum

Something tells me this is just going to get weirder.


230 posted on 02/05/2007 7:16:05 PM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: tet68

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


231 posted on 02/05/2007 7:16:23 PM PST by mdmathis6 (Save the Republic! Mess with the polling firms' heads!)
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To: LibKill
Hey, you could get an infection from a bb...

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

232 posted on 02/05/2007 7:17:24 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: pepperdog

;-)


233 posted on 02/05/2007 7:19:35 PM PST by HitmanLV ("I mean, that's a storybook, man!")
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To: bd476

What did he sign, his cell number?


234 posted on 02/05/2007 7:20:26 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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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.
235 posted on 02/05/2007 7:21:59 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Dog

She has to be on crack or meth.


236 posted on 02/05/2007 7:22:54 PM PST by swheats
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To: burzum

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....


237 posted on 02/05/2007 7:23:24 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Hmmm....might just work.


238 posted on 02/05/2007 7:24:32 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: burzum
"Her status as an astronaut with NASA is currently unchanged.

Must be represented by the teachers union.

239 posted on 02/05/2007 7:25:33 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: burzum

First Italian-American woman in space.


240 posted on 02/05/2007 7:25:44 PM PST by LdSentinal
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