I don't know if ya'll know about this exciting love triangle in the astronaut world, but there was an "attempted murder" case with a fellow astronaut of ours. This bitch is crazyyy. I am no sure if its been playing like crazy on your televisions like it is here in Miami.
Everyone knows that the NASA program has been wanting much called attention for their program so that they can get more funding - but hell this is one way to get attention - and that funding they oh so wanted...might be less than ever after they commence the trial of the new year.
Lisa Marie Nowak decided to pounce on her ex lovers mistress and try to sass her while in a cute astronaut diaper, blonde wig, and pepper spray. That's right ya'll read correctly!
Here is the scoop:
"The fact that Mrs. Nowak drove approximately 900 miles, urinated in a diaper so that she did not need to stop ... stealthily followed the victim while in disguise and possessed multiple deadly weapons ... create a well-founded fear" that Nowak intended to murder the woman, the affidavit said.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A NASA astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder, because police said there was a "well-founded fear" she was going to kill the woman.
Lisa Marie Nowak, 43, had a brand new steel mallet, knife, rubber tubing and large garbage bags in her possession when police arrested her early Monday, according to an arrest affidavit.
"The fact that Mrs. Nowak drove approximately 900 miles, urinated in a diaper so that she did not need to stop ... stealthily followed the victim while in disguise and possessed multiple deadly weapons ... create a well-founded fear" that Nowak intended to murder the woman, the affidavit said.
Police believe Nowak, a Navy captain and married mother of three, was in a love triangle with a fellow astronaut. If convicted of attempted murder, she faces between 30 years and life in prison, police said.
Nowak was not on suicide watch, but was being held alone in a glass-fronted, 80 square-foot cell where she was under constant surveillance, which is customary for high-profile inmates, Orange County jail spokesman Allen Moore said.
She was already charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. A judge had earlier said she could be freed on $15,500 bail on the lesser charges.
Earlier in the day, Nowak was about to be brought downstairs for her release when she was notified she wouldn't be going anywhere because the new charge was planned, Moore said.
Defense attorney Donald Lykkebak said he thinks the attempted murder charge was filed because police were unhappy about her planned release on bail.
"I guess they didn't like the ruling in court this morning, did they? You think they would have done it if she was still in jail?" he said.
The judge ordered her release earlier after chief astronaut Steve Lindsey testified that she would go back to Houston. Lindsey flew with Nowak to the international space station last July aboard space shuttle Discovery.
"Our primary concern is her health and well-being and that she get through this," Lindsey said after the hearing but before news of the additional charge. "Her status (with the astronaut corps) has not changed."
Lindsey was accompanied by another astronaut Chris Ferguson, who described himself as "perplexed" by Nowak's actions.
Police said she drove 900 miles, donned a disguise and was armed with a BB gun and pepper spray when she confronted a woman she believed was a competitor for the affections of Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein.
Nowak and Oefelein, 41, were both first-time fliers during separate shuttle missions last year. They trained together but never flew together.
Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," according to an arrest affidavit. Police found a love letter to Oefelein in her car.
According to authorities, Nowak believed another woman, Colleen Shipman, was romantically involved with Oefelein. When Nowak found out Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her early Monday, according to the arrest affidavit.
Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, she waited for Shipman's plane to land and then boarded the same airport shuttle bus Shipman took to get to her car, police said. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car, the affidavit said. Shipman drove to the parking lot booth and police were called.
An officer reported following Nowak and watching her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. Police also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.
Oefelein did not return calls seeking comment Tuesday. Shipman didn't return messages left for her at Patrick Air Force Base, where she works. She didn't answer phone messages left at her home, where no one answered the door.
NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak's status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged. "What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate," he said.
Hartsfield said he couldn't recall the last time an astronaut was arrested and said there were no rules against fraternizing among astronauts.
Police said Nowak told them that she only wanted to scare Shipman into talking to her about her relationship with Oefelein and didn't want to harm her physically.
According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is a Naval Academy graduate who has a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. She has a teenage son and younger twin girls.
Oefelein has two children and began his aviation career as a teenager flying floatplanes in Alaska, according to a NASA biography. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and later earned a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He has been an astronaut since 1998.
HEre is some video footage of the psycho at hand:
Seems these days that outerspace is crazier than the Earth huh?
Enjoy your day!
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