Space Madness

A NASA astronaut is being held without bail on attempted murder charges after police say she attacked her rival for another astronaut's attention at Orlando International Airport Monday. 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. 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

From CNN:

Inside a bag Nowak was carrying, the officer found a tan trench coat, a new steel mallet, a new folding knife with a 4-inch blade, 3 to 4 feet of rubber tubing, large plastic garbage bags and about $600 in cash, the report said.

Inside the car, police found a half-dozen latex gloves, MapQuest directions from Houston to Orlando International Airport, e-mails from Shipman to Oefelein, diapers that Nowak said she used to eliminate stops along the highway, a letter indicating how much she loved Oefelein and directions to Shipman's home address in Florida, the report said.

First of all, hats off to Lisa for that first rate Nick Nolte style mugshot.

Second... diapers? That's commitment to your cause on a whole new level. The willingness to piss (or worse - shit) your pants in order to get to your destination on time takes a special kind of crazy.

Third - when she found out that Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her, according to the arrest affidavit. Shipman was flying from Houston to Orlando. Nowak drove the 900-mile trip from Houston to Orlando and made it to the airport in time to confront Shipman. That takes more than diapers, man. That takes one hell of a fast car.

Jesus Christ. It's women like this who make the rest of us look bad. I mean seriously - a steel mallet and rubber tubing? Everyone knows that you use duct tape and nylon rope. That space tourist who was going to go up dressed as a Gundam character doesn't look that crazy now, does he?