Trade in your telescope for an adult diaper and ignore that court-issued restraining order, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the 2007 astronaut love triangle.

Lisa Nowak became infamous after driving 900 miles in a space diaper to kidnap the new girlfriend of her astronaut ex lover- but the story behind the headlines is much more disturbing.

Lisa literally went to space but even before this, there were cracks. 

We look at how the 2003 Columbia shuttle disaster sparked a series of events that may have drove Lisa to madness- and if nothing else exposed an institution built to ignore emotion and put spectacle over safety.


Sources:

Lust in Space, Texas Monthly
2007

https://www.texasmonthly.com/t...?

Astronaut Love Triangle: Lisa Nowak 'Is Finally at Peace' 15 Years After Attacking Romantic Rival


https://people.com/crime/astro...

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