Comments on: NASA astronaut charged with kidnapping

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:14:57 +0000

David, that’s a nice sentiment and all, but the last comment posted was two months ago, and the original post I made is now 5 months old, so we had indeed effectively stopped talking about it until you brought it up again.

By: David

David — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:52:40 +0000

Would everyone please stop talking about Lisa Nowak; she is not, and never was, a civil servant, neither is her private life any of your business. She remains, as she was throughout her astronaut career, a Navy officer. She is someone’s wife, someone’s mother. In the above article, it is incorrectly stated that Lisa kidnapped Shipman. There was an alleged incident in a car park, and that is all. No kidnapping took place and Captain Nowak was not at any time during her car journey wearing diapers. Two of the other astronauts from STS-121 have betrayed Lisa in public with what I believe is unfair criticism. One is the twin brother of the Commander of STS-118, which Lisa originally began training for in 1998, and which was subsequently delayed by the Columbia accident. These people should stick together and not criticise fellow astronauts in public. Lisa was CapCom on STS-114 Return to Flight 1, and her mission STS-121 was the second RTF mission. Lisa Nowak is intelligent and gifted, and deserves respect. What the masses fail to realise is that astronauts are human beings, not superheroes. This is a product of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo culture, from the days when astronautics was part of the cold war.

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By: Mike Stranger

Mike Stranger — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:22:39 +0000

God site. Thanks!

By: LNienhouse

LNienhouse — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:52:44 +0000

I know this is all serious stuff to think about, but seriously, I’d say she went after the wrong person. It wasn’t the new girlfriends fault. The real jerk in this, in my opinion, is the guy. Maybe she should have gone after him.

By: tccanoe

tccanoe — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:52:28 +0000

What make and model car does a crazed astronaut use for a two day mission to boldly seek out her rival? With Ford’s down-turn, it may turn into a fincial boom of an indorcement. Did she stop for gas or did she refuel? Do I see a book deal/movie?

By: jrkeller

jrkeller — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:09:04 +0000

Melusine,

Thanks for the Clear Lake article??!?! I especially like the title,

“Clear Lake getting reputation for bizarre female criminals” Prior to the article coming out, my ex-wife had pointed that out too. Don’t forget that Anna Nichol Smith was born in Houston too.

I’m a bit surprized by Glenn Beck. He’s been a pretty good supporter of NASA and I’ve seen him make fun of the moon hoax crowd to their faces. But I guess this really isn’t a NASA issue. I think I heard somewhere where her parents came down. So she’s not alone.

When it comes to the Clear Lake Area water thing, I was trying to make a joke. In general I would say that Clear Lake includes everything south of Ellington to Clear Lake, east of I-45, west of Galveston Bay. I would also include any city that’s on Clear Lake.

Irishman,

I noticed the vulture thing too. I was leaving NASA just as it happened. I wish I had my camera. I could have won an award. I would have had the perfect juxtaposition.