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Shuttle Pilot: Nowak Showed No Emotion
AP ^ | March 6, 2007 | MIKE SCHNEIDER

Posted on 03/06/2007 1:50:58 PM PST by Palladin

ORLANDO, Fla. - The space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle that now has astronaut Lisa Nowak facing attempted kidnapping charges told detectives Nowak "seemed a little disappointed" but accepting when he told her he was dating another woman, court records released Tuesday show.

That conversation was in January. On Feb. 5, Nowak drove 900 miles from Houston to Orlando to confront the other woman.

Police say Nowak, a mother of three, donned a wig and followed Colleen Shipman from an airport terminal to her car to confront her, then pepper sprayed her through a cracked window when Shipman wouldn't unlock the door. Police who arrested Nowak and searched her car reported finding a BB-gun, new steel mallet, knife and rubber tubing.

Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping and burglary with assault and was released on bond with an ankle monitoring device.

Investigation documents released late Monday and Tuesday by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office discuss shed some light on the astronauts' relationships.

They include the shuttle pilot, Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein's, conversations with detectives about the romantic relationship he had had with Nowak since 2004 and how she reacted with no emotion when he said he was dating another woman.

"She seemed a little disappointed, but she seemed to be accepting of that," Oefelein told detectives, according to the documents.

The documents also include an undated letter to Oefelein's mother in which Nowak wrote that she was taking steps to divorce her husband so she could be with Oefelein.

"Bill is absolutely the best person I've ever known and I love him more than I knew possible," Nowak wrote.

A NASA spokesman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.

Since her arrest, Nowak, has told police that her relationship with Oefelein was more than a working relationship but less than a romantic one. But Oefelein, 41, told investigators they had been romantically involved since 2004.

Nowak's frantic road trip to confront Shipman _ she wore adult diapers to avoid having to stop for breaks _ may have been sparked after she uncovered steamy e-mails Shipman sent to Oefelein, including one he received during his mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in December, according to documents released Monday. The e-mails do not mention Nowak.

"First urge will be to rip your clothes off," Shipman wrote to Oefelein. "But honestly, love, I want you to totally and thoroughly enjoy your hero's homecoming."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: adultery; astronaut; astronauts; astronut; nasa; nowak; oefelein
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To: dead

ROFLOL


21 posted on 03/06/2007 2:05:22 PM PST by petitfour
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To: Dead Dog

"Astronut. The Grim Leaker..."
"This is just too much fun."

Some days, you're just a few tiles short of a heat-shield.


22 posted on 03/06/2007 2:06:42 PM PST by mutley
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To: Yossarian
Oefelein, the man in the triangle, who is indeed a shuttle pilot

So the man has a way with rockets.

23 posted on 03/06/2007 2:08:11 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter ( Who is the Democrat's George Galloway?)
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To: Yossarian; Palladin

Got it. Thanks.


24 posted on 03/06/2007 2:09:32 PM PST by saganite
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To: gov_bean_ counter

"So the man has a way with rockets."

Yes, and the crazy astronaut lady was just looking for a mission on a new rocket.


25 posted on 03/06/2007 2:10:09 PM PST by mutley
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To: Palladin

"Seemed a little disappointed?" That's the signal to check her hands for weapons, imo.


26 posted on 03/06/2007 2:10:34 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Palladin
"she kept the key to his apartment after they broke up."

That is a little hazy. Even the new girlfriend thinks he was still seeing Nowak, at least on some level.

Can't see why she was upset. I mean she just threw her family away, to include kids, only to find out the guy was banging someone else.

I hope NASA fires all of them. What a great story for the kids learning about astronauts to emulate.
27 posted on 03/06/2007 2:10:42 PM PST by MPJackal ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Yet again, another man fails to understand women.
You say that like it's a rare occurance.

I understand 'em. They're soft. They smell good. And they're nuttier than squirrel poop, every last one of 'em.

28 posted on 03/06/2007 2:11:31 PM PST by OSHA (Sarcasm detector overload!)
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To: MPJackal

I agree.


29 posted on 03/06/2007 2:12:22 PM PST by petitfour
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To: gov_bean_ counter
So the man has a way with rockets.

And his Moisture Seeking Meat Missile apparently has a seeker system built right in!

30 posted on 03/06/2007 2:12:44 PM PST by r9etb
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To: OSHA

The one's you want to know, atleast.


31 posted on 03/06/2007 2:12:45 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: OSHA

"I understand 'em. They're soft. They smell good. And they're nuttier than squirrel poop, every last one of 'em."

No, there are some that aren't, and Thank God I lucked into marrying one of them.


32 posted on 03/06/2007 2:14:38 PM PST by mutley
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To: ElkGroveDan

Ms. Nowak, you are more boring than Anna, at least she had some assets that matter.


33 posted on 03/06/2007 2:17:05 PM PST by dforest (Liberals love crisis, create crisis and then dwell on them.)
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To: MPJackal

It takes two to tango if the broad is stupid enough to fall for the guy knowing what it will do to her family why is the guy the bad one did he twist her arm or force her to have the affair?


34 posted on 03/06/2007 2:18:19 PM PST by bikerman (If guns cause crime then spoons cause Rosie to be fat and stupid.)
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To: MPJackal
This guy is a POS

This is getting old, but I will continue to remind you keyboard warriors the CDR Oefelein is one of the finest pilots that the NAVY has ever produced, a man who can do magic things with an F-18, a TopGun Instructor who's efforts will have served to save the lives of many a pupil, and a first-rate officer.

You have a problem with his morals, but I look forward to meeting just ONE of you jerks who has done more for their country.

You have no personal knowledge of the affair, who or what started it, or anything else about it, and I am getting tired of so many of you talking out of your ass about things on which you have no knowledge.

From now on, I hope by POS, you mean PROFESSIONAL OUTSTANDING SERVICEMAN.

35 posted on 03/06/2007 2:19:05 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: MPJackal

"I hope NASA fires all of them."

I agree. Purge the lot of them, from NASA and the military.


36 posted on 03/06/2007 2:20:05 PM PST by mutley
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To: xsmommy

----spaceho deats.......I am hooked again.


37 posted on 03/06/2007 2:21:28 PM PST by tioga
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To: OSHA
"I understand 'em. They're soft. They smell good. And they're nuttier than squirrel poop, every last one of 'em."

Okay -- I laughed hard.

38 posted on 03/06/2007 2:21:45 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: Palladin

Apparently schlongs get longer in space.


39 posted on 03/06/2007 2:21:52 PM PST by montag813
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To: Palladin
"Now it can be told...she kept the key to his apartment after they broke up. She used it to get in and read those hot emails from Shipman. Guess that's what drove her nutz!!!

Now men, let this be a lesson to all of you. Always change the locks on your residence if you have broken up with your girlfriend and she has key to your place.

Another maxim: Don't give a key to girlfriend in the first place.

40 posted on 03/06/2007 2:22:28 PM PST by StormEye
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