Lisa Nowak

Lisa Nowak attacked Colleen Shipman in 2007. A Navy board has just ruled today to give Lisa Nowak a discharge "other than honorable" in relation to the incident

Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired from NASA on Wednesday. The firing came a month after she was charged for attempting to kidnap a woman she allegedly considered a romantic rival for the affection of a space shuttle pilot.

I freely admit, I had a commentary ready to go about the sad and bizarre story of Lisa Nowak, fallen NASA astronaut, that was on the path of least resistance, the humorous angle, but something made me hesitate long enough to take a second look at this situation.

It's the stuff that tabloid magazine editors would die for. A woman named Lisa Nowak, who may or may not be involved in a fling with a male colleague, named William Oefelein discovered that there was a rival for her affections, named Colleen Shipman.

Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak became an internationally known figure when she confronted Colleen Shipman who was involved with Nowak's lover. Steve McNair, Arturo Gatti and O. J. Simpson were also involved in crimes of passion.

Some people who made the headlines in 2007 proved that there are individuals whose brains are "different from ours." Read about four instances in which common sense was clearly not at work.