LOL! Where else but Texas and Florida? Two Astonauts fight over another Astronaut.

[Catherine Vincent]

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070205_tnt_astronaut.5567edca.html

Astronaut arrested in bizarre love triangle

10:05 PM CST on Monday, February 5, 2007

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An astronaut drove from Houston to Florida, donned a disguise and confronted a woman she believed was romantically involved with a space shuttle pilot she was in love with, police said. She was charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts.

U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the international space station, was also charged with attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. She was denied bail.

Police said Nowak drove from her home in Houston to the Orlando International Airport—wearing diapers so she wouldn’t have to stop to urinate—to confront Colleen Shipman.

Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery’s trip to the space station last December, police said.

....more

[Rex]

1. I tell those people...

to much fluoride in the water! :rofl:

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Yeah, and we used to laugh at the John Birchers about that...

[Rex]

5. I'm happy if it doesn't spew oil and minerals when I take a bath.

The true signs of progress.

[durrrty libby]

3. Wow..Space air must make you goofy.

[bullimiami]

4. astronauts. i thought it was going to be about 3 men. now that would have been

a story.

diapers. oh those crazy astronauts.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. sex-without-gravity

makes folks loony-toons . . .

[Mojorabbit]

7. What a sad story

One would think astronauts have to pass some intense mental health exams but perhaps not.

[Wiley50]

8. How Many Friggin Threads do We Need On this?

I count 5 now

This one was #1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x134697

[Bucky]

9. It's enough threads to fill John Edwards' house!

heh.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Don't be such a grouch!

Believe it or not, I did a search with the code word of "astronaut" and didn't come up with anything before I created my thread. And then there was one that was created about twenty minutes after mine but you didn't see me complaining about it. Are you jealous that my thread receive a couple more responses than your's? :) Chill out!

[snooper2]

11. well, if this type of thing were to happen to two astronauts....

What other two states would be more likely? :eyes:

[snooper2]

12. Oh, and this is what meth does to you...

7 Months between pictures....



This combination picture shows NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak (L) during a news conference following the landing of the space shuttle Discovery on July 17, 2006 and following her arrest in Orlando, Florida on February 5, 2007. Nowak was charged with attempted kidnapping, battery, attempted vehicle burglary with battery and destruction of evidence according to the Orlando, Florida police department. (Scott Audette and Orange County Jail/Reuters)

[peekaloo]

17. feeling gravity's pull

:o

those long car trips while peeing in your pants takes a toll I tells ya.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Wow! That does not look like the same woman.

[SoCalDem]

24. The woman has had a mental "break"

Serious depression takes a toll on the looks too..

It's a "funny" story, but it really isn't. When one thinks of the education and personal drive it took for her to get to her position, it must have taken a real toll on her, and who knows what event "set her off". but that woman's having psychological problems..

I feel for her, having to go to court in EITHER of those two states.. I hope she's got a damned good lawyer.

[RB TexLa]

13. In our defense, TX and FL are where astronauts are.

[Fleshdancer]

16. that was my first thought too

where else would the American astronauts be?? :shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

19. No need to defend Texas, I'm here too.

I was gonig to put the true phrase "where else but Texas" but saw that she left Texas and traveled to Florida, so I just included Florida with the phrase.

[MGKrebs]

14. Oh, to be loved like that!

Add to the pantheon of great but tragic love stories:

Romeo and Juliet,
Antony and Cleopatra,
Lisa and William!

[Jacobin]

15. She was armed with a BB gun

:rofl:

Poor soul. She is married and with kids. Got a little head over heels about this dude and ended up making a wreck of her life.

[Beausoir]

20. This story is just nuts! I predict a MAJOR media event over this.

What in the world would trigger that woman to go so completely batshit crazy?

[Beelzebud]

21. Another first for NASA!

[Catherine Vincent]

22. I guess the guy is all smiles....

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Once again, it's the allure of the Alaska man...

1983 graduate of Anchoage West High School. His parents still live here. I'm sure they're not too happy about this story.

[Catherine Vincent]

25. I've always heard that Alaskan men are great lovers.

[Blue_In_AK]

28. Must be true :-)

Although we always used to joke, especially back in the pipeline construction days when the men outnumbered the women by about 10 to 1 -- "Alaska, where the odds are good, but the goods are odd." :rofl:

[Catherine Vincent]

31. You're in Alaska and female at that!

Lucky you! :hi:

[madeline_con]

26. Notice the freaky lady was not from Florida

[spanone]

27. ....wore a diaper so she didn't have to stop to urinate? Jeez.

News has become a bizarro business.
:puke:

[David Zephyr]

29. She's now an Astronut.

Ha!

[kitty1]

30. Note to NASA; Only one woman allowed on each shuttle flight...

We wouldn't want any cat fight distractions happening while some crewman is outside trying to repair the robotic arm, now would we.:crazy: