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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.
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To: gcruse
>>>>>"Anyone who can look at her resume and call 'affirmative action' is a pathetic troglodyte"<<<<<<<
Bad Form! I am a Proud troglodyte, pathetic is a word reserved for losers.
TT
To: Rte66
"Like a Shriners' convention."
If that were true, would they be dying on the vine without many new younger members?
382
posted on
02/05/2007 9:52:47 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: burzum
"You! The little one-eyed wench!"
383
posted on
02/05/2007 9:52:59 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel-Robert Frost)
To: burzum
I can't imagine why this woman is still single. So she's a little psychotic, it adds spice to the relationship.
Women lunatics, life doesn't get any better than that.
:-)
384
posted on
02/05/2007 9:54:37 PM PST
by
kb2614
(Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
To: kb2614
She's married with three children and African violets.
385
posted on
02/05/2007 9:57:01 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Al Simmons
"Umm...your lack of military rank knowledge is showing:"
Umm...it's actually my lack of sleep that's showing. Military spouses tend to get that way sometimes.
BTW...I've already posted my correction.
/b.ness
'night ;)
To: TexasTransplant
Then I guess you don't mind the GEICO posters in the airport terminal and you don't put your mom on speakerphone when she calls you at the therapists', huh?
Probably don't have any appetite for roast duck or mango salsa, either. Some troglodyte you are!
387
posted on
02/05/2007 9:59:28 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Al Simmons
If she were court-martialed, we'd be talking Ft Leavenworth material here. I don't think the Navy would want the Army watching her. They will send her to Portsmouth Naval Prison.
388
posted on
02/05/2007 10:00:45 PM PST
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [Its beak has stopped working])
To: SoCal Pubbie
Dude, Jane Fonda, in any form, isn't welcome here. Even if she is your hero.
To: kb2614
"Women lunatics, life doesn't get any better than that."
Having had some personal experience with an Air Force Lt Col chick who was arrested for assault I tend to agree with that statement.
You're mistaken about one thing - this chick is married with 3 kids. I really feel bad for them.
390
posted on
02/05/2007 10:02:03 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: burzum; Racehorse; flashbunny; stainlessbanner
This is from a locked thread on the same story.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779888/posts Police said Nowak drove from her home in Houston to the Orlando International Airport to confront Colleen Shipman.
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NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak's status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged. "What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate," he said.
Well she's not going to Disney World.
To: SevenofNine
To: higgmeister
If she were court-martialed, we'd be talking Ft Leavenworth material here. "I don't think the Navy would want the Army watching her. They will send her to Portsmouth Naval Prison."
I stand corrected. As the USAF does not have its own long-term 'care facility', anyone getting over a certain number of years went to Ft Leavenworth, Kansas (sent a few folks there myself, I'm proud to add...)
393
posted on
02/05/2007 10:06:11 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: monkapotamus
Cute photo. I'm still having trouble with this story. She's too cute .... but sometimes those are the most psychotic ones....
394
posted on
02/05/2007 10:08:20 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: higgmeister
I understand what you're saying. I have worked rotating shifts myself.
None the less, here on earth we still have the 24 hour daily cycle - divided up into various portions of light and dark depending upon the season. Our behavior evolved within this environment.
I'm curious how we adapt when this cycle no longer applies - For example when orbiting the earth and experiencing multiple light dark cycles within one 24 hour period.
[Circadian rhythms exist but even cavemen had to be alert and awake for things in the dark of night.]
More so during certain phases of the lunar cycle. Most emergency services workers can provide tons of anecdotal evidence pertaining to this.
395
posted on
02/05/2007 10:09:26 PM PST
by
VxH
(There are those who declare the impossible - and those who do the impossible.)
To: burzum; COEXERJ145; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; ...
If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.
To: gcruse; VxH
When fatigue sat in, I'd get a natural rush around five in the morning that carried me all day if necessary. I agree. I've worked many a one-hundred plus hour week and never thought of killing anyone. Lack of sleep was not a factor in this crime, especially as evidenced by the planing and preparation before the trip began.
397
posted on
02/05/2007 10:12:03 PM PST
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [Its beak has stopped working])
To: Al Simmons
I remember one USAF pilot court-martialed in the early 1990s for clandestinely videotaping himself having sex with a hundred different chicks all over the country. One of them found the tape and gave him up.
Holy Cow! What happened to the flier?
To: warsaw44
Bad Conduct Discharge and some time in the pen (it wasn't my trial, but I remember the trial counsel discussing it during a JAG function afterwards...)
399
posted on
02/05/2007 10:14:39 PM PST
by
Al Simmons
("I leave Japanese film in your hands." - Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, 1998)
To: Al Simmons
I have known many AF pilots who were normal, but the proportion of 'carousers' was much higher than in the rest of the military. Many a tail-gunner have jumped out of bedroom windows too. They caught the Officers affliction due to their special privilege.
400
posted on
02/05/2007 10:16:04 PM PST
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken [Its beak has stopped working])
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