[garylmoore]

Nowak, a navy engineer, flew on the space shuttle Discovery in June as a mission specialist and earned the nickname "Robochick" as the operator of the shuttle's robotic arm.

I am baffled why someone of her intellect would do something so stupid.

[BnBlFlag]

When men and women are thrown together in intimate and high pressure situations it's easy for "love" to blossom.
Check out the pregnancy rates for female sailors on aircraft carriers for example.