You people are going a LONG way with your psychobabble theories about mental disorders. They're ONLY YOUR OPINIONS!!
An astronaut is one of the most examined and carefully monitored people on planet Earth, bar none. When I hear NASA say that they detected a brain disorder, then I'll believe it, not just your opinions.
It's FAR, FAR easier to believe that she was just plain ol' jealous and went hunting the other woman to remove her from the picture. This doesn't take any psychobabble and it happens every day all around the planet.
If it's too stessful for women to handle, then every woman needs to be pulled from the astronaut program and no new ones initiated.
Read the posts. Astronauts are not screened for any subtle signs of mental illness. The do not undergo psych screening tests--only a background and family check--so sayeth a NASA spokesman today. NASA announced today, that it will look into initiating such testing as a result of this episode.
I am not excusing this woman's behavior---she knew full well that she was committing a crime.
I agree, she is not arrested for killing herself. She drove 900 miles to kill the women that was taking her man. She wanted this guy. Its not stress from work. Although if it turns out that there were a few diet pills in her system I wouldn't be surprised.