Slog - Comments on Got the Right Stuff? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff Well, that depends on your definition of "right stuff." A NASA astronaut who drove hundreds of miles to confront a romantic rival, wearing diapers on the journey so that she would not have to stop to use the restroom, appeared in court today facing charges that included attempted kidnapping, and was ordered released on $15,500 bond. The astronaut, Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew on a shuttle mission last summer, mostly kept her head down during the preliminary appearance in an Orange County, Fla. court.... The Orlando police allege that Mrs. Nowak drove 950 miles from Houston to Orlando--wearing adult diapers--and... Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:42:46 -0800 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:33:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Laurence Ballard Astronauts are used to this. From the Canada in Space website:

Q. Do astronauts wear diapers?

A. By Pauline Landry - School Programmes Officer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver

Astronauts wear diapers during lift-off, reentry, and while on spacewalks. As soon as the spacecraft reaches orbit astronauts remove their orange survival suits (diapers included) and put on regular clothes for the rest of the mission. Because astronauts sit on the launch pad, strapped into their seats for over three hours, they all have to wear diapers. Astronauts also wear diapers when they are working in space during spacewalks which normally last 5-8 hours. In both cases, changing out of the spacesuit to go to the bathroom just takes too long.

]]> Laurence Ballard http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615289 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615289 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:03:34 -0800 Comment by gillsans Well, that depends on your definition...

Insert groan here.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615373 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:29:53 -0800 Comment by Phenics Literally, a real space cadet she is.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615413 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:41:54 -0800 Comment by The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town You cynical jerks. If you've never left your spouse and children, pissed on yourself, cried uncontrollably, pepper sprayed a rival, tried to disembowel that rival, or traveled in to space... YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE!!!

]]> The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615440 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:51:34 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So, that means she can get married and have kids, right?

I still want to be an astronaut. Nothing like having hot astronauts fighting over you ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615449 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:57:11 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop this is my favorite news item of the day, i even tuned in to the today show for detail.

i really wish she would have had a thermos of tang by her side, though. it would have really put this story over the edge.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615454 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:03:53 -0800 Comment by kim this deserves to be a movie.

maybe a made-for-tv movie.. but a movie nonetheless.

]]> kim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615457 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:07:30 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Well, I can cross "astronaut" off my career aspirationas list. I plan to avoid diapers until there are no other options...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615458 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:08:25 -0800 Comment by KS #7: no way, this has art-house black indie comedy written all over it.

]]> KS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615466 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:12:01 -0800 Comment by kasa Best part of this story? The man she flipped her shit over is ugly as sin.

]]> kasa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615492 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:38:27 -0800 Comment by Amy Fisher The LA Times article lists items found on Nowak during her arrest: a steel malet, a four-inch folding knife,a BB gun, 3 feet of rubber tubing and plastic garbage bags.


The Times also lists Nowak's hobbies: running, playing the piano, and collecting African violets.


They should probably add "jealously hacking people up into bits".

]]> Amy Fisher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615497 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:43:15 -0800 Comment by tsm I say that drugs were involved, perhaps meth. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that they give astronauts the stuff to keep them going, and she kept up the habit.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615596 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:14:46 -0800 Comment by gillsans What exactly makes a person decide to throw on a diaper and sit in piss for a 1000-mile long-distance haul instead of pissing into a bottle?

Gatorade bottle and a funnel: look into it, it will keep your ass dry. Ask a trucker.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615599 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:15:09 -0800 Comment by NJ Didn't she have to stop for gas anyway? How long does it take to piss on the ground next to the car as you're filling the tank? Puhlease. There was no need for diapers OR a gatorade bottle.

]]> NJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615616 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:18:59 -0800 Comment by gillsans no time for gas...must kill...

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615635 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615635 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:23:48 -0800 Comment by COMTE Gillsans @13:

FWIW, that's basically how boy astronauts used to "go" before the vacuum-suction toilet they have nowadays. But in any case I think pissing into a bottle - even with a funnel - while driving might be somewhat more problematic for the ladies.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615647 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:26:58 -0800 Comment by Andrew Since she is 100% heterosexual I am sure that Pastor Hutch is perfectly fine with all of this. I mean at least she was not a lesibian!!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615652 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:28:19 -0800 Comment by jw Q: What does oral sex with a asrtonaut taste like?

A: Depends.

]]> jw http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615660 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:37:17 -0800 Comment by maria how many times do any of you pee or go #2 during a 1000 mile road trip?
3 or 4? 5 or 6?

]]> maria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615689 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:13:21 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Kim @ 7,

Coming soon to the Lifetime Movie Network: This woman stole her husband and/or baby to blasted off into space!

Meredith Baxter Birney to star!

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615690 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:15:18 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA David Bowie's Major Tom has been running in my head all morning.

While she is unquestionably batshit crazy, I'm more perplexed by NASA. I thought they screened the hell out of their astronauts before letting them anywhere near a space shuttle (or Apollo rocket, or whatever). How did this lunatic ever manage to get through the screening process?

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615760 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:55:39 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale roger that

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/large/astronauts/nowak_lisa.htm

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c615995 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:30:14 -0800 Comment by COMTE Seriously gang, I don't know why you-all find this so shocking - individuals in far lower-pressure jobs than Capt. Nowak lose it all the time. I challenge any one of you to put yourself in her shoes and convince the rest of us it couldn't potentially happen to you.

I mean, think about it: this is a woman who has voluntarily allowed herself to be strapped to the back of a machine capable of generating roughly 8 MILLION POUNDS of explosive force. One that pretty much everybody on the planet knows can blow you up real good due to the slightest miscalculation or error.

The question isn't, "why did she go bat-shit crazy", but rather, "why don't more of them go bat-shit crazy?"

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c616890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c616890 Hetero Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:10:09 -0800 Comment by wiser1 Absolutely hilarious..., bat-shit crazy or perfectly sane, where did she tell the kids she was going? On a space mission for NASA in Fla.? My kids lose their little minds if I step outside with my hair a mess, let alone putting on an DIAPER, dressing up and going to beat up my illusion of a boyfriend's girlfriend. Uh? I mean how long did it take for her to go from oooohh, I like him - to - must get rid of the competition at any cost? I am very much in tune to the poster who thought that NASA rigorously tested the people that were going to be in the most challenging of positions as only going into outer space can be. What the hell..., I am use to the idiot customer service reps with little or no training, I am occasionally nonplussed by the nepotized non-specialists that exist in some fields where know-how is a plus like say..., I don't know FEMA but this is too much.

]]> wiser1 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c619080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/got_the_right_stuff#c619080 Hetero Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:33:01 -0800