A NASA astronaut faces her first appearance before a judge this morning after police say she attacked her rival for another astronaut's attention at Orlando International Airport Monday.Zoinks. Girl seriously lost the plot. And mind you, according to her, the relationship with this dude was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship." Uh—wouldn't that be a friendship?
Lisa Marie Nowak drove more than 12 hours from Texas to meet the 1 a.m. flight of a younger woman who had also been seeing the astronaut Nowak pined for, according to Orlando police.
…Nowak -- who was a mission specialist on a Space Shuttle Discovery flight last summer -- was wearing a trench coat and wig and had a knife, BB pistol, and latex gloves in her car, reports show. They also found diapers, which Nowak said she used so she wouldn't have to stop on the 1,000-mile drive. Reports show that after U.S. Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman's flight arrived, Nowak followed her to the airport's Blue Lot for long-term parking, tried to get into Shipman's car and then doused her with pepper spray.
Nowak, 43, is charged with attempted kidnapping, battery, attempted vehicle burglary with battery and destruction of evidence. Police considered her such a danger that they requested she be held without bail in the Orange County Jail, reports show.
Most people have probably never driven 1,000 miles in diapers to confront the girlfriend of a friend before, so I suspect there are some fairly serious psychological issues at work here. Hopefully she'll get some help. The article says Nowak is a "married mother of three." I feel sorry for her kids.
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