HOW FAR WOULD YOU DRIVE?

[squid]

Feb. 6 - An elite NASA astronaut appeared in a prison jumpsuit instead of her spacesuit charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping.

43-year-old NASA astronaut, US Navy Captain Lisa Nowak, has been charged in Orlando, Florida with attempted first-degree murder and attempted kidnapping of another woman.

Police say Nowak, a married mother of three, saw the other woman, US Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman as a rival for the affections of male astronaut Bill Oefelein.

Shipman called Nowak an acquaintance of her boyfriend and said Nowak had researched Shipman's personal information using her government contacts or computer.

Orange County Circuit Judge Mike Murphy granted Nowak's release on bail totaling $25,500.

Nowak drove to Orlando airport around midnight on Sunday, waited for Shipman's flight from Houston to arrive and then followed her to the parking garage armed with pepper spray, a steel mallet and a pellet gun, police said.

She also carried black gloves, a folding knife with a 4-inch (10-cm) blade, rubber tubing and trash bags, they said.

Nowak tried to get into Shipman's car and sprayed the pepper spray through the window when Shipman refused to open the door, police said.

After the airport encounter, Shipman filed a petition for a restraining order against Nowak, alleging the astronaut had been stalking her for "approximately two months."

Nowak told police she did not intend to harm Shipman. In her statement, she described her connection to Oefelein as "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship."

Nowak, who grew up in Rockville, Maryland, and attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, became an astronaut in 1996 and waited 10 years for her first space flight.

Her family described her as "a very intelligent, accomplished individual," who recently separated from her husband after 19 years of marriage.

"Considering both her personal and professional life, these alleged events are completely out of character and have come as a tremendous shock to our family," the family said in a statement.

MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS....LOL

Police said Nowak, 43, a flight engineer who made her first trip into space in July to the International Space Station aboard shuttle Discovery, sped from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she would not have to stop at a bathroom.

SO...HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR LOVE?....LOL

[roadwarrior]

"Hell has no wrath of a woman scorned."

[Siebert Outdoors]

SO...HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR LOVE?....LOL

Just down to the local bar.  Its only about 5 min away.  Walking distance if its warm out.   I can wait until I get there to use the restroom.  I'm not old enough for depends yet.

[Bankbeater]

It would depend on her bass boat and how much tackle she had.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

IT DEPENDS

[Zel]

To hell and back (and it was a rough trip let me tell you)!

[Z71]

At this point in my life: About as far as I could throw her! or ~ 1 foot, which ever's closer

[justfishin]

I am a soft heart. This situation is so sad to me. Just think of the accomplishments this woman has achieved in her life. Its almost super human. The work ethic, focus, intelligence and drive she had to have had is almost inconceivable to me. I find it unbelievable that there were no signs that suggested the potential for her doing what she did. I  don't feel that it was possible for a human such as her, just to instantly snap. I believe that there is a lot more to this story and eventually it will come out.

  Avid, I read on a thread where your wife had a Masters in Psychology, I would be interested in her view on this sad case. I think your wife is certainly qualified to render a armchair diagnosis even without all the facts, and is just a brief general one, in this case. The human mind is so complicated, anything can happen. We all have limits.

[lunchbox508]

I love the part about the diapers but i would also like to know the question about what Avids wife thinks.

[squid]

I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT THE BOYFRIEND IS BEING VERY QUITE ON THE SUBJECT.   SHE WAS MARRIED WHEN THEY WERE SEEING EACH OTHER.  WHO'S TO SAY HE DIDN'T MESS WITH HER HEAD?  HOW MANY OTHER WOMEN DOES HE HAVE ON THE SIDE?

WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW ALL THE FACTS, HUH?

[Bass Smacker]

I am a soft heart. This situation is so sad to me. Just think of the accomplishments this woman has achieved in her life. Its almost super human. The work ethic, focus, intelligence and drive she had to have had is almost inconceivable to me. I find it unbelievable that there were no signs that suggested the potential for her doing what she did. I don't feel that it was possible for a human such as her, just to instantly snap. I believe that there is a lot more to this story and eventually it will come out.

 I'm betting that there is drugs invalved in there some where. I'v seen the mug shots and she looks like a strait out tweek.

[cart7t]

Ground control to Captain Lisa

Your circuits dead, theres something wrong

Can you hear me, Captain Lisa?

Can you hear me, Captain Lisa?

Can you hear me, Captain Lisa?

Can you....

Original lyrics borrowed from "Space oddity", David Bowie  1969