Ah, the glamorous life of an astronaut

Ghoulish Delight · 02-06-2007, 10:18 AM

This is TV movie of the week gold.

Jealous astronaut attempts kidnapping.

Robotics expert and member of the crew that flew the shuttle Discovery in July, Lisa Marie Nowak, attempted to kidnap another woman whom she suspected of being involved with a fellow astronaut (who piloted the Discovery on a different mission). Nowak is married, the other astronaut (William Oefelein) is single.

She even used one of her highly trained astronaut skills to carry the attempt out...

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Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn't have to stop to go to the bathroom, authorities said. Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry.

Capt Jack · 02-06-2007, 10:21 AM

I heard about this this morning. odd to say the least.

so much for NASA's psyche screening process, eh?

Snowflake · 02-06-2007, 10:26 AM

I saw this too and thought, very weird. NASA is not all it's cracked up to be, I guess.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-06-2007, 10:54 AM

Ouch, now they're going for attempted murder.

Alex · 02-06-2007, 10:56 AM

With a bb gun and pepper spray? (I haven't read any of the news on this since last night so maybe the her possessions have grown more sinister since).

€uroMeinke · 02-06-2007, 11:20 AM

Probably the steel Mallot, knife, rubber tubing, and plastic bags...

Not Afraid · 02-06-2007, 11:22 AM

TV Movie indeed! Odd story.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-06-2007, 11:29 AM

My favorite bit is the part where she wears diapers so she wouldn't have to stop along the way.

Strangler Lewis · 02-06-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Probably the steel Mallot, knife, rubber tubing, and plastic bags...

Unless Florida's attempt laws are wildly different from California, the stuff back at the motel would come under the heading of "mere preparation," if that. The attempt charge would have to be based on her physical encounter with the victim. Unless there are details we haven't heard, it doesn't sound like it makes the grade.

3894 · 02-06-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

This is TV movie of the week gold.

"The Wrong Stuff"?

02-06-2007, 10:21 AM	#2
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	I heard about this this morning. odd to say the least. so much for NASA's psyche screening process, eh? __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I saw this too and thought, very weird. NASA is not all it's cracked up to be, I guess. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ouch, now they're going for attempted murder. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	With a bb gun and pepper spray? (I haven't read any of the news on this since last night so maybe the her possessions have grown more sinister since).
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Probably the steel Mallot, knife, rubber tubing, and plastic bags... __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	TV Movie indeed! Odd story.
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	My favorite bit is the part where she wears diapers so she wouldn't have to stop along the way.
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