16: Lisa Nowak: The Astro-Nut
Episode description
Join the girls this week as they discuss all things love triangles, space, and diapers. Lisa Nowak was a decorated and established Naval officer and NASA astronaut whose crimes turned her into a media laughing stock. Lisa spent her entire life working towards her accomplishments and at the height of her career, throws it all away, for a man? Her fall from grace happened hard and fast, and it's baffling, to say the least. What could make a successful smart woman just completely snap?
Suze is mixing up a Cucumber Lime Cosmo for us to enjoy while we talk about this crazy lady. Sip tight and buckle up everybody. This week we're going to space!
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Mental Health Resources:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - 800-850-NAMI
Sources:
- CrimeReads.com
- Biography.com
- People.com
- Goarmy.com
- Youtube Video: Inside Colleen Shipman's Life After Being Attacked by Astronaut 10 Years Ago by Inside Edition
- Npr.com
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17483013
- https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3994293&page=1
- Lisa Nowak: The Unbelievable Story of the First NASA Astronaut to be Fired (youtube video made by: Just Interesting)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Attack_aircraft#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20current%20U.S.,multipurpose%20aircraft%20designed%20also%20for
- https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/about-the-job/capcom.asp
- Wikipedia