Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, batte

[BERIGAN]

check out the mug shot as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/...-home-headlines

[Brownian Motion]

Fly me to the moon

And let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

In other words hold my hand

In other words darling kiss me

Fill my life with song

And let me sing forevermore

You are all I hope for

All I worship and adore

In other words please be true

In other words I love you

[Claude]

They also found diapers, which Nowak said she used so she wouldn't have to stop on the 1,000-mile drive.

[Teasing the Korean]

I think there's a wacky 60s comedy in the making, with Mad-magazine style poster art, and possibly starring Don Knotts as the male lead.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Talk about off the wall. Too bad actually......astronauts have always been in that 'perfectly safe to worhip' category for all kids.

[Teasing the Korean]

PEPPER SPRAY?!? How embarrassing for an astronaut. Why didn't she use a phaser?

[Rooster_Ties]

check out the mug shot as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/...-home-headlines

That mug shot looks more than just a little bit like the "changes in Meth-users mug shots over time".

How someone could get through the rigors of study to get on a Space Shuttle mission, and then go off the deep end like this - is nearly beyond explaination. From the article... "Nowak's biography shows she is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a degree in aerospace engineering, and a former test pilot who has logged more than 1,500 hours of flight in at least 30 types of aircraft. She joined the space program in 1996."

The article also said... "Nowak -- who was a mission specialist on a Space Shuttle Discovery flight last summer..."

Last summer?? Whatever has happened to her, sure happened quick. When I first heard the story on the news, I just assumed that who ever it was had not been on the Shuttle for like 10 years -- you know, somebody who's been out of NASA for quite some time.

[Bright Moments]

so sad.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

PEPPER SPRAY?!? How embarrassing for an astronaut. Why didn't she use a phaser?

She tried....but the pet Tribble sitting on the other chick's shoulder blocked the shot.

[JSngry]

This wouldn't have happened under Dr. Bellows' reign.

[sheldonm]

...what a kook!

[7/4]

...what a kook!

space cadet?

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

This wouldn't have happened under Dr. Bellows' reign.

You sure? His wife was edgy enough to lose it.

[Scott Dolan]

I knew she was nutty as a fruitcake the very first time I laid eyes on her.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

the paramour

[bertrand]

I remember about 20 years ago in France, some smart dude was caught spying for the Russians. He did out of love for some Russian chick. She looked like Grendel.

Some brilliant and/or well-respected people just lose it sometimes, regardless of whether thier life was in a downward spiral or not. Philosopher Louis Althusser strangled his wife in 1980. And how about Jean Harris and Herman Tarnower? I don't think she was binging on coke before she offed him. It was a 'crime of passion'.

Bertrand.

[Jim Alfredson]

How someone could get through the rigors of study to get on a Space Shuttle mission, and then go off the deep end like this - is nearly beyond explaination.

She's just a crazy kid in love!!!

[Dan Gould]

I just heard on CNN that there are new pending charges of attempted murder in the first degree.

Did she do something that hasn't been reported beyond using the pepper spray? I don't see how you get to first degree attempted murder otherwise.

[mikelz777]

The picture reminds me of the female or she-male thread. I might have guessed male on this one!

[Lush Life]

Her mother-in-law used to be my insurance agent, a very well-known family in Vermont. This is a very sad story, something obviously has happened to this woman, mentally or physically, or both.

[Dan Gould]

The picture reminds me of the female or she-male thread. I might have guessed male on this one!

I think this is cruel. She drove all night, was picked up by the cops around 4 AM and questioned until 5 pm, and then this picture was taken. How much of this is stress of the previous 24 hours vs some sort of break down?

[Rooster_Ties]

They ought to set a pretty damn high bail for her, cuz I'm sure she'd be a serious flight risk.

[7/4]

They ought to set a pretty damn high bail for her, cuz I'm sure she'd be a serious flight risk.

[rim shot][cymbal crash]

[BERIGAN]

check out the mug shot as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/...-home-headlines

That mug shot looks more than just a little bit like the "changes in Meth-users mug shots over time".

How someone could get through the rigors of study to get on a Space Shuttle mission, and then go off the deep end like this - is nearly beyond explaination. From the article... "Nowak's biography shows she is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis with a degree in aerospace engineering, and a former test pilot who has logged more than 1,500 hours of flight in at least 30 types of aircraft. She joined the space program in 1996."

The article also said... "Nowak -- who was a mission specialist on a Space Shuttle Discovery flight last summer..."

Last summer?? Whatever has happened to her, sure happened quick. When I first heard the story on the news, I just assumed that who ever it was had not been on the Shuttle for like 10 years -- you know, somebody who's been out of NASA for quite some time.

Rt, you are right, when you say she looks like a meth addict! Can you imagine the arresting officer's shock when she said she was an astronaut....then finding out she was telling the truth????

Edited February 6, 2007 by BERIGAN

[chris olivarez]

A strange and sad story.