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Workplace oddity: Former astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty to attack on Colleen Shipman

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 Workplace affairs sometimes have consequences, such as firings, but they usually don’t end this badly. Remember the NASA employee who was involved in a workplace love triangle that compelled her to drive 1,000 miles in a diaper to get revenge on her romantic rival? Former astronaut Lisa Nowak pleaded guilty today to burglary and misdemeanor battery for her attack on Colleen Shipman in 2007. Nowak and Shipman were both dating NASA employee William Oefelein.

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  • A1 Thug Smoka 2 years ago
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    I wish women would fight over me like that. then I don't have to worry about turning over a new leaf and turn gay overnight.

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