Jeez, I can’t believe you all. A woman acts assertive and proactive and goes after what she wants and ya’ll label her a crazy bitch. I thouht the SDMB crowd was more enlightened that that. I am so disappointed.
She was wearing diapers so she wouldn’t have to stop. It’s 900 miles. You have to stop for gas. Something isn’t making sense here. Why doesn’t she want to stop anyway? It takes too much time to take a whiz? She’s afraid someone will recognize her? Wouldn’t they recognize her just as easily at the gas pumps as in the can? I think she’s just kinky.
The person I feel sorry for is the shrink who passed her on her most recent psyh evaluation. He’s wearing a paper hat next week.
“And Mrs. Novak, why are you bringing the knife, plastic tubing, laytex gloves, grabage bags and pepper spray to our session today? And what is that smell? It smells like you just…Oh, you did, well, as long as you’re wearing diapers, I guess it’s OK. I can’t see any reason not to pass you on this evaluation. Give my regards to your husband.”
This is going to do great things for the space program. I’ve seen reality TV that made more sense.
I feel really sorry for Nowak’s kids. I’m guessing they would brag on the playground about their supercool astronaut mom…and now their mom has gone nuts.
“Your mom is an astronut!”
Is it possible that the diaper is because she has a leaky bladder or something along those lines?
I heard they are worn during re-entry, I would assume any other time where you can’t make it to the sucking thing.
I thought it was during the launch due to the g-forces. Hell, I’ve nearly peed my pants on a roller coaster with serious Gs.
Have you guys seen the “before” and “after” pics? Her NASA bio photo makes her look actually fairly cute… but her mugshot makes her look, well, scary.
I wonder if meth is involved?
Several hours of extreme-high-speed driving with gritted teeth and white-knuckle-grip on the wheel isn’t enough?
That’s what the woman’s lawyer said.
I don’t know. What do you think she would have done if the woman let her in the car? They found the list she made. She had $600 with her plus the weapons, 4" buck knife, rubber tubing, gloves and garbage bags. She had directions to her house, food and a cooler.
I’d say the woman was really lucky she got away.
Did you see pictures of the guy? There must be a serious man shortage in Texas if people were fighting over him.
Police report at Smoking Gun
That’s what I was thinking. Today was the day the staff of the psych screenings section at Houston had to leave for home at the end of the day wearing their diapers. And everyone who was on that crew with her last year will be wide awake and wearing this expression :eek: until the weekend at least…
Wow… Annapolis alumna, married + 3 kids, 22 year veteran, an O-6… I guess the meltdown just HAD to be unusual. Y’know, had I been the State Attorney or Judge here, even with the original non-murderous charges I would have tried to find some sort of excuse to justify holding her under some sort of custody for observation and for her own protection. I’d be concerned that letting her out on bond would allow her to do something really desperate to *herself… *
Wig, diaper, trench coat. Well, I have my Halloween costume all worked out!
We saw this last night and the first thing the roommate said was “it’s his fault. He was two-timing her and leading her on.” I said,
“Wuh? He’s single. She’s married. He can do whatever he wants.”
“Yeah, but you just know it’s something he did. Just wait and see.”
“Wow, you really, really do watch too much Oprah.”
With a NASA shoulder patch, or better yet, her mission patch. 
Anyone see a potential for a new Fox show? When Astronauts Attack
Another for the “My, times change” file: I recently finished a history of NASA’s scientist-astronaut program, in which I discovered that one of the first group of such people selected (back in the Gemini days, I think) was dumped from the program before he could even get his formal photo taken, because his wife filed for divorce. No felonies involved, she just wanted out. That was too much for NASA, so her husband got the hook.
I’d wonder what’s up with the psychological screening of astronaut candidates, but I suppose that focuses on picking people who won’t wig out while in orbit; what they might do on the ground is secondary. And anyway, psychology isn’t an exact science.
I’m thinking Who Wants To Be A Space Cadet?
Perhaps just as importantly, NASA has always chosen astronauts for their PR value. Originally that made sense for their role as “single-combat heroes” (read The Right Stuff), matching the American Ideal in every way, and divorce just didn’t fit.
But they spend much of their time as the face of the space program, giving speeches and talking to schoolkids and being role models, and that takes perhaps even more skill than astronauting itself. Jim Lovell’s autobiography made a lot of fun of the NASA shrinks’ obsessiveness with crew compatibility, observing that anybody can get along with anybody else if they have the goal and the time period is known and finite.
Most of the astronaut corps today isn’t getting into space again, or for many, at all, not with only a couple dozen shuttle missions left. ALL they can do with their remaining careers now is answer questions about Nowak’s meltdown. Pity.
I know you’re not supposed to say LOL, but damn, that was good!