The following story is taken from cnn.com:
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ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) — A NASA astronaut was arrested Monday on battery and attempted kidnapping charges after allegedly trying to subdue a romantic rival with pepper spray and abduct her from a parking lot at Orlando International Airport, police said.
Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak, who flew her first space shuttle mission as a mission specialist aboard Discovery in July, and Colleen Shipman were both reported to be “in a relationship” with astronaut Bill Oefelein, a Navy commander, according to a police report of the incident.
Nowak, 43, has been charged with battery, attempted kidnapping, attempted burglary to a vehicle and destruction of evidence. Police have recommended Nowak be held without bond.
According to the report, she told police that her relationship with Oefelein was “more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship.”
Nowak drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando to meet Shipman, who was flying the same route, to talk with the woman about her alleged relationship with Oefelein, the report said.
Shipman is an engineer assigned to the 45th Launch Support Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, near the Kennedy Space Center.
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I know that the title of this post has nothing to do with the story, but can we really be sure that the deed was never done by them on a mission? I’ve been waiting for something like this to pop up for quite some time, only because I often wonder what the crewmen do to vent their sexual deprevation during their six month or so stays at the International Space Station. I understand that Lisa Marie Nowak didn’t stay at the station as a permanent crewman, but what about the others? At the moment, the two people manning the Internation Space Station are Sunita Williams and Michael Lopez-Alegria… a man and a woman… alone… in space… nobody can hear you scream (in ecstacy). Bad joke.
Seriously though, what are the odds that a man and a woman, stationed in a remote place for months and months ALONE are not going to get it on? It just has to happen. The only thing that makes me wonder is how they keep the fluids from damaging the electronic equipment up there. I could offer a few theories, but it’s not my place to talk dirty here. Hehehe.
Now, to touch upon the story above… that bitch is just crazy.
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February 6th, 2007 
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LOL! I’ve been waiting for you to have something like this. I thought you’d have it sooner, but this is perfect. I’m glad you held of for this one! I never thought I’d see the day that an astronaut would be aressted. Wow! How crazy is that! I guess they let anyone in, now. That’s what happens when you cut funds in the space program…lol
You do bring up some good questions…
I have a few others… lol