From Space to Jail: NASA's Craziest Story | Tales From the Bottle

To become an astronaut you need to be at the top of your game - physically and mentally, but not everyone at the top stays at the top.
"Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pled guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy.
Born in Washington, D.C., Nowak graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1985. She was assigned to VAQ-34 at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, where she flew the EA-7L Corsair and ERA-3B Skywarrior. She earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In 1993 she was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. After graduation, she remained at Patuxent River, flying in the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-6B Prowler. During her Navy career she logged over 1,500 hours in more than 30 aircraft and was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.
In February 2007, Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after she accosted and pepper-sprayed Colleen Shipman, a U.S. Air Force captain romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein, who had been in a relationship with Nowak. She was released on bail and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and battery. Subsequently, her assignment as an astronaut was terminated by NASA. In 2009, Nowak agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to charges of felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. She remained a Navy captain until the following year when a Naval Board of Inquiry voted unanimously to reduce her in rank to commander and to discharge her from the Navy under other than honorable conditions after 25 years of service. As of 2017, it was reported that she was working in the private sector in Texas."
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[@conall5779]

lol I commented on your own video before you

[@dragon_1096]

How?

[@Alfred-Neuman]

Aren't they supposed to pass a bunch of psychological evaluations before they can be astronauts?

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I saw some of your animation on another channel the other day. I _think_ it was Weird History Food, and probably when they were talking about Pepsi. I was trying to listen but kept thinking about your channel and hoping you were getting paid lol. Though I'm not 100% on which video it was, it was definitely within the last week. I hope this is the start of something great for you!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

​@@dragon_1096Patreon maybe? Watching videos earlier than the rest of us plebs is often part of the bargain. Either that or Qxir took his sweet time in pinning a comment 😂

[@Pangloss6413]

Lisa Nowak sounds like the sort of person every nerd wants as a friend in high school but then later on is thankful they stayed away from

[@wasabiflavoredcocaine]

Would

[@dannnmerkle7930]

I dunno man. I'd let her ruin my life lmao.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

Speak for yourself, I want her now!

[@Snoopsthecat]

@@wasabiflavoredcocaine What?

[@vdochev]

I don't agree with you. Yes, she's not a saint, but the other guy didn't also help the situation, to put it lightly. Maybe this was an abusive relationship to her.

[@stephenm3667]

Had to keep up that rage for 900 miles. Damn, I’m usually simmering down by the time I get out of the house. That’s commitment

[@miaomiao5462]

That OCPD

[@null.dev.]

Ye, I don't think most people leave the house with a kill kit bag.. Ok so maybe half of Americans but you know... otherwise...

[@user-ie1tz5rm8x]

She drew it up in the mud : and she ran her play ....uh- rah!

[@PositiveOnly-dm3rx]

Well im guessing you are a man, Stephen...

[@paulw4310]

😆👍

[@8BitSamurai]

It's like... you started this relationship as an extramarital affair for the both of you, and you expect him to not run off when he sees the next big thing. lol

[@GBENZ_]

right. if he's going to cheat with you, it's likely he'll cheat ON you as well.

[@SilverDragonMoon18]

Sounds like my parents’ divorce

[@angrydeer6011]

@@GBENZ_ If it was the true, there wouldn't exist EVEN ONE stable, several decades old relationship which started from extramarital affar (I remind - EVEN ONE, between 7 billion peope). Is this really your statement, chickenhead?

[@Biskwyy]

She's so dedicated. Truly a woman with the utmost work ethics.

[@cjk8249]

If she was a man she NEVER would have been in space. Affirmative action study fron start to finish.

[@456swagger]

Especially when it comes to attempted murder.

[@jritechnology]

Qxir went to space and found out they had no whiskey or pubs and came back to eart straight away.

[@omatic_opulis9876]

there are lots of space bars though. .

[@gamenightfeldon2897]

Eart

[@mctnt518]

Eart

[@Aaron067]

Replies in here mocking the 'eart' mistype, not realising that Qixr (and most Irish people) would actually pronounce Earth exactly like that, as 'eart'

[@gamenightfeldon2897]

@@Aaron067 we know

[@Kindaire]

The contents of Oefelein and Shipman's emails being public knowledge is hilarious

[@jacobsan]

The exhusband should count himself lucky, he managed to dodge a bullet in a whole ass different continent

[@oliverheaviside2539]

Braaaiiinnnsss!!!

[@johnladuke6475]

That's the most creative and romantic line he can come up with; and this, folks, is an _astronaut._

[@janitorizamped]

​@@johnladuke6475well, nerds aren't really famous for romance

[@jekanyika]

@@janitorizamped The people sitting in mission control are the nerds not the astronauts.

[@bloggerccc]

The Navy retained her on active duty as a "stash" at Naval Air Station, Corpus Chisti TX until her civil trial and court martial were completed. She fully retired from the Navy in 2011, after the Navy finally decided how to handle her case. She had already reached the military's statutory retirement eligibility (20 years) but the issue of her retirement type was kicked around for a while.

[@PInk77W1]

So does she get a military pension?

[@BlackMan614]

So... 1 year probation; "not honorable" discharge (evaded dishonorable); loss of rank (but still officer); and keeps pension - full. Zero accountability.

[@PInk77W1]

@@BlackMan614 thx

[@OneAdam12Adam]

@@BlackMan614 Just lovely. I'm sure that other taxpayers are glad we are paying for her to live out a nice retirement. Probably in Florida or Texas, right? She must have paid a lot for her lawyer though

[@dabprod]

@@OneAdam12Adam The military would furnish her an attorney for free at her court martial if she couldn't afford a civilian lawyer. Only busted down one grade in rank. Boy, she really lucked out considering everything. I remember seeing this on the TV news back then.

[@dcterr1]

Wow, what a crazy story, especially for someone with such an amazingly successful career beforehand! I guess this just goes to show that pretty much anyone can go berserk under the right circumstances!

[@Za7a7aZ]

Confirmation we are all people no matter your credentials....even someone who never uses toilet paper..lol

[@dcterr1]

@@Za7a7aZ Well I guess that goes for some of the astronauts as well, doesn't it? (Perhaps they all used toilet paper, but I know that at least for part of their mission, the Apollo 13 astronauts couldn't flush it!)

[@sarahroddey2937]

As someone who went to an aerospace University and subsequently knows a lot of people working in the aerospace sector... YUP stress can do crazy things to people.

[@dcterr1]

@@sarahroddey2937 Hmmmmm, I didn't realize the aerospace industry was so stressful! What would you say is most stressful about it?

[@sarahroddey2937]

@@dcterr1 the average hours per week is 70 soooo that definitely keeps tension high lmao

[@SuperAsdke]

9:45 Irish man puts American steering wheel on wrong side of car

[@UncleGus007]

Good spotting

[@Qxir]

To be fair I've put it on the wrong side when I've drawn Irish cars too lol. Sometimes I'm so focused on the drawing (there's a lot of it to do) I don't even think about these things. Other times it's because I've mirrored the image for some reason (easier than redrawing a whole car interior)!

[@SuperAsdke]

good video! love all of them@@Qxir

[@tomryan914]

Dats tu drive on da wrong side of da road wit da Colleens! They're magically delicious...

[@ryanbauer3680]

I'm more focused on them saluting with the wrong hand, but then again its not something I expect those unfamiliar with military traditions and culture would know.

[@useazebra]

I'm so glad you're here to educate me about things like NASA's first psychonaut.

[@sonic23233]

That was terrible

[@umairimran7423]

It made me giggle a little so it wasnt that bad.

[@bentonrp]

🤣

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Doubt she was the first. Just the first scandal that was too outrageous to cover up.

[@bentonrp]

@@rudolphguarnacci197 that's a real good point

[@cloudkitt]

3:22 this segment was excellent. "What crime could be cooler than operating a robot arm on a spaceship?!" 😂

[@wkjeom]

Well I worked on part of the software that controlled that arm.

[@azmolhossain9244]

oh canada. @@wkjeom

[@hunterking6033]

Imagine attempting to murder someone you were stalking and getting only a year of probation. Life on easy mode.

[@adogswimming1474]

We all know why. It's still happening today to the people with the same characteristics as her.

[@Aaron19987]

She obviously didn’t actually attempt anything… she pepper sprayed her and ran off, didn’t have the balls to follow through with any of it, I guess the pepper spray was enough to release some of that psycho anger

[@szlomobronsztajn3115]

Life on easy mode - it's called being a woman

[@Emy53]

She should have gotten at least 10 plus years and deep counseling. She is mentally unstable. She probably felt she gave up alot for this man, and felt betrayed. She definitely has issues.

[@Emy53]

I feel Lissa is not done yet.

[@dfmrcv862]

"I think she took it well." Narrator: "She did not in fact take it well."

[@ViIgax]

Why hasn't a female been to the moon? Because it doesn't need cleaning yet!

[@V1VISECT6]

​​@@ViIgaxBecause we were never there, so ofcourse we and numerous corporations haven't figured out how to econonically trash the moon yet. If there was crude oil there the US would have landed their back in the mid eighties. *edit an encomical way of trashing the moon. I'm better at typing on keyboard and not a beat up "smart" phone.

[@dfmrcv862]

....huh? ​@@V1VISECT6

[@Wormhole798]

🤣😂 Good one!

[@LostShipMate]

I don't know which of the first two replys are more braindead.

[@Lowbrow_Mthakathi]

I'm still practicing Nowak November, in Lisa's honour.

[@MNNski]

It's like no nut November, but you stare are her picture for at least an hour a day.

[@RealMTBAddict]

You're not huwhacking off are ya Bobby?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

You’re gonna cheat on your significant other and then pepper spray the person that the person you cheated with abandoned you for?

[@alexandergreenfield91]

Haveawak December is going to be epic 😬😂

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

​@@alexandergreenfield91unresolved pressure

[@HoLeeFoc]

This drama reminded me of what, in the 1981 movie Excaliur, Merlin alarmingly told a young king Arthur when he expressed to him that he wanted Guinevere as his queen: "Now look, I once stood exposed to the Dragon's Breath so that a man could lie one night with a woman. It took me nine moons to recover. And all for this lunacy called, "love", this mad distemper that strikes down both beggar and king. Never again. Never."

[@seancarter6492]

5:51 - I was like "dude, what the hell is that circle in the center of- oh it's a ring" 🤣 I absolutely love the detail lol.

[@user-tk5fi1my5i]

I don't think that NASA can "beef up it's screening process" anymore than it already is. It's probably one of the most intense screening processess there is. There's always going to be a person here or there that ends up having problems down the line. They could have a mental illness show up that they've never had before, and definitely didn't have during the screening process. Or certain stresses that build up and cause a mental breakdown. Plus a lot of "normal" people end up having strange abnormal reactions when it comes to love, or what they think is love. They could fight in a war, have no serious issues at all, but then have someone break up with them and they go of the deep end.

[@asherhouseman6838]

I heard that Buzz Aldrin became an alcoholic after his famous mission to the moon.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

LOL. Please learn how DEI works. It does NOT work on merit, it works on things that dont matter to being an expert in your field, like having specific genitalia, gender, race, religion, etc.

[@stick9648]

The experimental vaccine at work ? Just take it and like it .

[@josephososkie3029]

Let's add another element or two. Have you seen the NASA wokeness re-education videos on youtube? Un-fricken-believable. And Politicians and Ideologues with inadequate personalities have been glomming onto NASA for years. The toxic was bound to spread. We need a president who will clean this out or we will be looking up CCPs ass for decades to come.

[@directcurrent5751]

You are spot on.

[@amythinks]

Never has such a dark subject been made so delightful. Weird skill you have.

[@hamster-wh3ws]

I'm amazed. How can you be such a high achiever and at the same time drawn into a cesspit of human affairs like this :O

[@alexanderh9878]

Unhealed parts of the self. She worked on outer achievements but neglected her emotional development.

[@NorthwestStringing]

6:30 How sticky is bird shit to still be stuck on a literal rocket traveling at hypersonic speeds.

[@alittlesalty1]

I'm guessing the bird shit accumulated while the shuttle was getting prepared on the launchpad. Bakes in the humid Florida heat and is further baked in the upper atmosphere. That's my theory anyway

[@JTA1961]

The eagle shits on FRYDAY

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

OP hadls never owned a car I see..

[@NorthwestStringing]

@@Vicus_of_Utrecht never had that much on my car.

[@hcolemann]

Enough bird shit in Florida to visibly break off when disintegrating at hypersonic speeds off the orbiter

[@baomao7243]

I remember this whole thing. I had several classmates who were shortlist Astronaut candidates and tons of classmates who were major/captain-level military pilots. I saw the amazing level of accomplishment and work involved to get to those positions. So seeing this play out i just couldn’t fathom the level of “career and social suicide” that was involved. It was like someone wanting to throw away the brass ring and live in jail. Mind bending.

[@humansvd3269]

I can understand why, she was an overachiever, never really failed at anything and she viewed herself as a high quality woman. Her marriage was falling apart from being away from her husband and she found a new guy "on her level", and tried to upgrade. Astronaut guy basically rejected her after having his fun and she couldn't accept her replaced her with a younger woman. I mean, duh! What did you think Lisa? That a guy would just shack up long-term with a woman cheating on her husband and with kids long term?! Yeah, she needed to come back down to Earth. Too bad it was too little, too late.

[@baomao7243]

@@humansvd3269 Yeah, the idea of cheating to “upgrade” and then not being able to deal with the new persona “cheating” is sadly delusional. Very sad for everyone.

[@cattymajiv]

@@humansvd3269 Yeah. The selfishness and lack of any attempt at self control that has become commonplace and ACCEPTED in the USA is just ASTOUNDING!

[@humansvd3269]

@@cattymajiv It's secular, state encouraged hedonism and "do whatever you want" culture. It's sick!

[@barahng]

@@humansvd3269 "What did you think Lisa? That a guy would just shack up long-term with a woman cheating on her husband and with kids long term?!" Very good point, especially considering this was the early-mid 2000s....right after 9/11 when the whole "support the troops" thing was at its zenith, and William Oefelein was surely aware that her husband was in Afghanistan.

[@yowzephyr]

I'm now recalling this news story. At the time I was amazed by it. But after it was resolved I apparently forgot all about it. I never thought about it again until now. I'm glad this video refreshed my memory. It's not a story one should forget.

[@bw7754]

Cheating on your husband while he’s overseas fighting in the military, classy. Super classy.

[@michealtull9033]

Not only Classy , but also fairly common.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

That’s almost always what happens…😂

[@humansvd3269]

Never be married in the military. USAF vet, twice divorced. Just don't do it.

[@EntropicExergy]

@@humansvd3269 Don't marry at all, no matter what your background is. People cheat whenever they see a chance.

[@humansvd3269]

@@EntropicExergy It took me a lot of pain to learn. Marriage isn't worth anything.

[@baronvg]

She proved that it doesn’t matter who you are and what you’ve done, anybody can be crazy.

[@koopa5504]

No, it highly matters if you‘re american or not

[@October-TE]

​@@koopa5504what

[@MM-pv5tp]

People like you making fun of her and harassing her don’t understand the pain of being cheated on. That and she was going through a psychotic break at the time. Empathy can’t be instilled in someone who doesn’t have any to begin with.

[@baronvg]

@@MM-pv5tp I was making the point that anyone can make irrational decisions ranging from a bum on the street to a highly skilled and highly educated astronaut. But regardless, you’re right. I have ZERO empathy. But that’s ok. You can be empathetic for the both of us. Thank you ahead of time.

[@pro-lapser]

@@MM-pv5tp Oh fuck off, she cheated first on her husband and it doesn't seem the guy had a spergout trying to kill her or the new guy, did he?

[@ImTheHamSandwich]

the US Navy having rules about adultery is the funniest thing I've heard all day just a bunch of seamen helping out their fellow seamen, no girls allowed

[@Tester-sh1mn]

They love seamen so much, there is seamen everywhere, their ships are covered in seamen. Even the space shuttles are filled with seamen, but that stuff on the outside was bird shit.

[@SofaKingShit]

The pleasure of serving Master Bates under Seaman Staines.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Lol the whole naval administration is filled of females not MMA buffed. Plus, ports ports ports. Lol keep with your local deadfish 😂

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@SofaKingShit I knew a Cockswain "King Staines", perhaps they were related?

[@F-18Super]

I mean its been a thing forever (bluejackets manual about adultery) but ya know.....people don't follow them lol

[@Ruggedystim]

She was practically bred to be an astronaut, those two parents are literally perfect.

[@pubefaceIV]

Soared wit ta eagles 🦅 And slithered wit ta snakes 🐍 I love this channel lol

[@Utonian21]

It's amazing how she threw all her achievements and accolades away for a stupid affair, not to mention she clearly didn't care about her 3 children

[@notsojharedtroll23]

Love is a powerfull force ❤❤❤

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

And the worst part about this whole story? She kept custody of those 3 children...even if she cheated & was proven to be mentally unstable. Welcome to US divorce courts...most anti-father entity out there

[@genatools919]

Women

[@velkanzi]

Jealousy and the desire to control, maybe, arguably stronger. @@notsojharedtroll23

[@rhuttrho88]

Dik whipped.

[@QuitebrokeN]

You basically described the backstory of Megamind in the title

[@BmanIsHere]

lol 😂 I didn’t think about that

[@marcussinclaire4890]

Great movie. 👍

[@MrGermandeutsch]

oh my god yes

[@kevindevine5033]

Dude.....😅

[@concept5631]

There is only one and a half (Button of Doom) Megamind movie.

[@MileyonDisney]

I remember following this CRAZY story on the news.

[@steveb7433]

This is 100% fantastic! Love the drawings! Thanks Bro, keep up the Great work!! Auckland, New Zealand.

[@redwoodii6226]

I lost it at “No cigarette stealers allowed” 😂

[@thatoneguy5205]

I just love when I've been rewatching a bunch of these then all the sudden i realize im watching a new one its like a Christmas present

[@manifold1476]

Don't worry - stay in school - maybe you'll learn something - - - someday.

[@thatoneguy5205]

@@manifold1476 cant, already dropped out 3 years ago

[@sjwilloughby-greene8214]

This gives the saying "Houston we have a problem"..new meaning.😮

[@Nookdashiddole]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@hooberlovecooperdoober]

I lost it at the Zombie 8:15 😂😂

[@JRockBlessing]

“Cosmic Casanova” poetry, pure poetry.

[@Tommytakanawa]

Poo my pants

[@Lowbrow_Mthakathi]

Astronaut to drunk driving a Ford, Homie dropped off, SAD.

[@Tester-sh1mn]

this is why I should learn about what I'm commenting before I do it. Turns out he was driving a Chrysler 300 and the two girls who died were in the back of the Ford Fiesta. Now I just sound like a jerk. ( Original comment: Not even a good Ford either…)

[@cx2900]

@@Tester-sh1mn don't worry, I don't think those girls would consider you the jerk if they were still around

[@fort809]

and he only got 4 years in prison for killing them, what an absolute joke

[@devindouzstuff_8250]

Who you talking about ​@fort809

[@desdicadoric]

He literally was a flight tester on the SR71. Crazy.

[@barbarastedillie1336]

Oh my goodness! First time viewer here and I laughed at the fantastic presentation the whole way! My type of humor! You rock! New subscriber….

[@brocbradley2313]

Outstanding video. Fabulous sense of humor. I was a bit skeptical at first, but you won me over. Yep, I watched until the end without any reservations. Time well spent.

[@LegionaryDecanus5840]

12:15 Never would I have ever thought that this guy of all people would pull out a new Vegas reference. Boy did this make my day

[@saulgoodman6537]

SAME 😂

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Supprised he didn’t do it with the lottery episode

[@nighten_wt]

Patrolling the Mojave Almost Makes You Wish For a Nuclear Winter.

[@saulgoodman6537]

@@nighten_wt we won't go quietly, the Legion can count on that.

[@largeppman6891]

Was scrolling through the comments hoping someone had said that. So based on

[@joesmith942]

I lived in that area at the time. There was a whole lot of crazy going on. Lisa wasn't even the craziest. Her kids were pretty messed up, but fortunately there was no bullying of them.

[@humansvd3269]

I wonder what happened to them.

[@RaysDad]

Never give your girlfriend a key to your apartment.

[@Firebrand1967]

Highlight this!☝️

[@user-pe3ki2di6h]

Valentina Tereshkova( U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel into space in 1963. Svetlana Savitskaya second women in1982, and the first woman to walk in space in 1984. Curiously, she knew the achievements of these women?

[@BmanIsHere]

Even people who are overachievers can fall down faster than a meteor

[@patches4170]

Especially people who are so called overachievers

[@BmanIsHere]

@@patches4170 I agree man

[@momon969]

If you're too busy overachieving, it's difficult to find the time to develop into a well-adjusted person that can handle personal shit.

[@patches4170]

@@BmanIsHere yeah man, if you know you know

[@markbunst5961]

​@momon969 I'd rather be able to handle my own mind vs being an astronaut like. Space travel as it is in this era seems uninteresting to me.

[@abhishekrao1525]

0:45 You missed an opportunity to say, "...her story is absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD :D"

[@gilchristryall7996]

i love this guy.could listen to him all day.he is so funny and with the accent..perfect

[@rebelduck9077]

OMG these doodle stories are EVERYTHING

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

I remember when this happened. I also remember watching her flight and Discovery. So weird. As for Halsell, he sure as hell had an issue with addiction. This guy was an Air Force Colonel and few in space FIVE times, two as the pilot and three as the Space Shuttle Commander. Holy shit! Unbelievably sad that his actions killed two kids.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Even more sad he only got 4 years for it.

[@peterfireflylund]

They weren't wearing seat belts and were thrown out of the car. That's what killed them. I'm all for locking up Halsell and others like him -- for longer than 4 years -- but let's put the blame where it belongs. The father of one of the girls was also the driver of the car and he received no punishment.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@peterfireflylund Yes, agreed, let's blame the true criminal, the man who lost his child. Amazing, you get lost often with that moral compass?

[@peterfireflylund]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix 1) can you read? 2) do you understand that car crashes can (and do) also happen without drunk drivers and in such cases, people without seat belts really often die or become handicapped for life, whereas even with drunk drivers, people using seat belts receive only minor injuries?

[@play005517]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix So your moral compass says you don't get blamed for your negligence that got your child killed.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

god damn dude, if you're going to LITERALLY LEAVE THE PLANET, make sure nobody has a key to your place. Especially not a recently scorned, jealous ex girlfriend that *_literally left her husband for you!_* That's like... the best possible opportunity to rob someone lol.

[@humansvd3269]

I feel sorry for her husband.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@humansvd3269 The girl that nearly got murdered had zero guilt too. She could have died and all because of an ex, I think she deserves the focus here. The ex husband probably ended up safer.

[@tentacletiddies]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@LuizAlexPhoenixshe has no guilt for…. Having a boyfriend?? What point are you even making here?? Did we even watch the same video because that guy was never her ex either they literally got married?? Lmfao

[@humansvd3269]

@@tentacletiddies Her boyfriend was an adultered and wife stealer. She had no morals and was giving to the base assumption of competing for a man. Women like it when men they want are desired by other women. It's social proof they are a good choice. It's messed up but that's true. Men don't want men pursuing their women because it's competition they need to destroy.

[@torachan23]

Stop blaming the victim. Novak is the only person wrong here Stop coddling women

[@DlcEnergy]

10:20 I was kind of hoping that diaper would've came into play here.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

The No Wack joke was great! 😂😂

[@TriSpedsOfficial]

only getting 4 years for 2 counts of manslaughter is beyond pathetic

[@SlickArmor]

Because no one was slaughtered. Plus, she had a spectacularly clean record with nary a smudge. And in the end she only had a burglary and a battery charge.

[@TriSpedsOfficial]

@@SlickArmorLol I was talking about the first bastard who was driving under the influence

[@Officialmartymars]

THEYRE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST DUDE @@SlickArmor

[@SlickArmor]

@@Officialmartymars WELLLL, EXXXXCUUUUSE MEEEEE.

[@SamBrickell]

That kind of thing always happens when it's a woman. It's part of women's privilege that on average they only serve 30% as long of a prison sentence as men do.

[@Handles_are_good_for_holding]

I like the way your art style tells the story in a funny way while still giving the facts while not being disrespectful. Keep it up.

[@narayani1505]

It's fascinating how easily such people get prestigious positions and job at NASA. If i could get 1% of all the academic and occupational success as her, God how lucky i would feel.

[@crazeelazee7524]

I think by far the craziest part of this story is that in June 2008 (one and a half year after what happened in Orlando) Lisa was given full custody of her three children with Richard. Between this and Halsell only getting four years for double homicide while DUI, if this video has a moral lesson it's that the US justice system is the furthest you can be from working as intended.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Women should not be given custody, and especially not in this case

[@humansvd3269]

She's a woman, that's why. Women have major privileges.

[@Elora445]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k Not automatically, at least - I hope you meant that. Considering there are also cases where the mother definitely should have custody. In this one, it makes me wonder why on Earth this woman got custody - but there might have been other circumstances that we don't know about.

[@FreshFlamingo]

@@user-pn3im5sm7kfound the incel

[@tatsuuuuuu]

I think she learned her lesson. She didn't intend to murder it seems, kidnap and maim for sure.

[@Federal.buerau_of_silly]

I have been to space. A white space. A spacial room.

[@nursestoyland]

A spacial room with aliens

[@electricisnthereatthemomen6535]

They locked me in the room, those aliens.

[@azyfloof]

A rubber room with rats?

[@galaxyproductions2076]

@@azyfloof Rats make me crazy

[@richardsanchez5444]

🎶 in the white room with black curtains🎶

[@Pest789]

Everyone is in space right now because everything is in space right now.

[@lg7631]

7:00 Cosmic casanova😂😂

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

7:52 cosmonova 😂

[@lg7631]

@@Th0ughtf0rce🤣

[@VD913]

I was friends with her son in high school. She seemed really well put-together, amazing what you don't see.

[@darksaurian6410]

Me too. I used to hang out at their house and she would bake us blueberry muffins.

[@doomsday9973]

@@darksaurian6410 me three!!

[@ekimbt4038]

Me too. She used to play smash with me and my friends. Pretty chill

[@barry1122]

Me too

[@MultiKm1]

@@darksaurian6410 Weirdly.....I hope she's doing alright, now.

[@przemo7565]

As a Pole, treating Nowak , surname meaninig roughly "someone new" as NO WHACK is hilarius, even more considering it's in top 5 of most popular Polish surnames. I gotta mispronouce it more often

[@ceu160193]

At least it's not Novac.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

She should have been smart enough to get rid of the new woman without harming anyone. Maybe hire a couple prostitutes to pretend like they are just leaving when she pulls in the driveway. That guy would have been single again REALLY fast.

[@gifzilla1818]

I read your post in a Russian accent and it made the meaninig part so much better.. also the part where you butcher the spelling of hilarious! So funny I gotta remember to misspell words more often!

[@19ThreeLions97]

Is this like english 'rookie'?

[@funkymonks8333]

@19ThreeLions97 it's not even used in standard language anymore, but it originally must've just meant that someone was new around the village. And it naturally persisted as a popular surname. Your everyman John Smith for us is either Jan Kowalski or Jan Nowak. "Świeżak" is a word that's actually used and could mean something like rookie or freshman.

[@timchristensen5606]

Worth the subscription well done

[@AdhamMGhaly]

Holy Shit that was quite a ride. Thanks for the video you got yourself a new sub.

[@tedstriker754]

I knew Oefelein's NASA career was toast as soon as that story broke. They'd never forgive him for being part of the story that brought so much bad press onto NASA.

[@CallMeMang]

Oh, I’m gone for like 2 years and you’ve got 1 MILLION subs now? I see how it is. Congratulations man, it was only a matter of time. I’m glad you stuck with it.

[@kevls5536]

the transition from the pepper spray incident to police on the scene worked great :)

[@SPCLPONY]

Bravo! Have never heard this story before. Glad I stumbled on your video. I found your script and artwork entertaining as I learned about this high flying mis-adventure.

[@Century2008]

This was highly entertaining; your timeline and artistry was worth watching. This was really good content.

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

Nowak also trained with Tammie Jo Shults, who went on to commercial aviation with Southwest Airlines and became famous after she and her first officer on that set of flights, Darren Ellisor, landed their 737 after an engine blew out. In rather stark contrast to Nowak, Shults volunteers and helps a lot of people.

[@xcvbxcvb2179]

One engine landing is a standard emergency procedures. They all train for it.

[@kittytrail]

​@@xcvbxcvb2179 hey, we're talking about heroic women there! be more considerate. 🤭

[@Bren39]

Nope nothing special.. Especially when it happens at altitude. A new hire pilot can do it.

[@doomsday9973]

@@Bren39 Yeah it's really not that big a deal lol. Yet the poster is acting like she landed the plane inverted like Denzel in the movie flight.

[@finnjay6149]

"...Although she later denied this" in regards to the diapers had me cackling lol.

[@rhettshanley8712]

I hate stories of insanely talented successful people where the sky is the limit for them and then they kill someone and get thrown in jail

[@colinmontgomery1956]

The United States Naval Academy is not an Ivy League school, but it is one of the most prestigious institutions in the world. In fact, it's admissions rate is more selective than some of the Ivy League schools, like Cornell. Just getting in is an enormous accomplishment, let alone graduating. It has graduated more astronauts than any other school.

[@jamescollier3]

the local hospital has had more deaths than ....

[@Kingmeri]

She went to Brown.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

@@Kingmeri , if you're talking about the astronaut Lisa Nowak, she attended USNA and The NPS. Not Brown.

[@jds6206]

What’s your point…… There are as many narcissistic egomaniacs hatched at the Naval Academy as anywhere else, and perhaps MORE…

[@chrisx742]

I live in Annapolis and have met and talked to alot of those kids. The USNA degrees are "lite" versions of equivalent degrees offered in normal colleges, with a healthy side of Phys Ed. The kids are mostly connected as admission is related to getting sponsored by a state senator. As a group, they have the typical "yes sir, no sir" military persona and a need to be part of something bigger than themselves. No creatives in that group, just "work hard play hard" sons and daughters of narcissists. They are set for life.

[@thesushifiend]

Absolutely hilarious! I literally spat out my tea when you added in “hanky panky”.

[@kelvinwilson9217]

This is Oscar material. Very well made.

[@Randomness5050]

"Hooray for me, Merry Christmas." Epic.

[@IdRatherBeDiving-vr5gk]

I knew about this story, but this re-telling is galactically more entertaining than any other.

[@joshuapatrick682]

Jim Halsell is from my hometown and the only Astronaut I’ve met in person. This was back when he was one. He had a parade through town and did a tour of the local schools to give speeches on achieving your dreams. Naturally if you know the abyss of culture and good that is this “city” then his path through life to where he ended up becomes much clearer.

[@goldenstarmusic1689]

Just looked up the town. My condolences.

[@joe92]

That's pure projection. I knew Jim throughout his NASA career and he was extremely talented and accomplished in addition to being a pretty good guy. I can only speculate how he got to where he was, but I doubt his hometown had one thing to do with it.

[@RayHicks-gl7gm]

He got off easy for killing two children (four years). The parents must be outraged.

[@nigel_saxon]

Homer Simpson: I was an astronaut. Computer salesman: of course you were.

[@torachan23]

She didnt even get dishonorably discharged. She really lives life on easy mode

[@WindowsDrawer]

2:29 Fun fact: Nowak is a polish surname and means literally "Someone new". It's also the most common in Poland.

[@stevet8833]

So everyone in Poland is new? Who knew?

[@WindowsDrawer]

@@stevet8833 Well, even though it's the most common, only 0.5% of the population has it

[@cyphaborg6598]

I see your point of Vista

[@AshTownsend]

Is no-one going to mention that 'w' in Polish is pronounced 'NoVAK', like the movie star??.

[@maevepage606]

Nice Fallout New Vegas reference with the two bears high fiving, o see what you did there 😂 Also great attention to detail in story and art. I adore your work ❤

[@lordjakob7052]

Qxir makeing a fallout new vegas refrence was the last thing i expected when i woke up to day Well aint that a kick in the head

[@drivernephi5587]

Pleasing to my brain whenever someone not talking about video games makes a new vegas reference

[@ChefGoreb]

Any chance someone could explain this to someone who heard of Fallout but never played it? :)

[@drivernephi5587]

@ChefGoreb In the beginning there is a rorschach test with ink blots that look like 2 bears hi fiving. He referenced that.

[@Asylar343]

I've always seen it as two cats high fiving, but two bears does seem more appropriate for new vegas.

[@BazilBuildBases]

2:56 the guy with a moustache in the front row was such a good candidate that they did hire him twice.

[@Dalisu87]

You got me at “Cosmic Casanova” 🤣

[@cainmathewson1857]

How the fuck do you all get here so fast? This was literally by chance. You mfs must be on the prowl 24/7

[@anonomuse9094]

Yup

[@A_Ducky]

Notification bell

[@FriedrichHerschel]

Well, I am looking forward to these every Friday evening.

[@uNpOpuLArOpInION69]

Damn i just noticed i was this early

[@cainmathewson1857]

​@austini.5262You... you're alright

[@javierpatag3609]

Dude, we love you and your work. Don't push yourself too hard. Take a break if needed. That's how you keep it up in the long run.

[@elijahcano1967]

wtf was her plan? she just pepper sprayed her then ran away but stayed in the area

[@filmography3930]

10:21 the visuals and the pacing of the visuals cracked me up 😂

[@Dimarious.G]

"This name didn't really suit her because Lisa Nowak was actually very much in favor of whack" -- got me ROFL 🤣🤣🤣

[@madkills10]

Two Bears high fiving 12:15 Nice New Vegas reference haha

[@LeoStaley]

Came straight to the comments for this

[@thepaintingbanjo8894]

I always selected "man with a beard" and I dunno why

[@SkiggsMoDiggs]

With the way these types of stories usually end, I'm glad the only harm that came to the victim was some fear and pepper spray. It could have been a million times worse than that

[@cheryl9389]

Considering how serious the subject matter is with a hilarious narration and an Irish dialect...Happy St. Patricks day😂😂

[@erikpage2031]

Great video like always and the animation getting really good!

[@JTA1961]

My thoughts exactly

[@purplehaze2358]

This has to be the most absurd situation a NASA employee has ever been involved in.

[@BastuGubbar]

I would argue the mystery floating turd in the moon orbiter is more absurd.

[@SaulBadman-wb5kt]

​@@BastuGubbari would like to know more about this

[@hugiilopez2111]

What about in 2018 when an astronaut on the ISS went through a metal breakdown and drilled a hole through a wall to leak air out.

[@snosibsnob3930]

I’d argue giving birth to jack black while assisting in Apollo 13 is moreso

[@Asylar343]

​@hugiilopez2111 I thought the hole was on a poorly built Russian shuttle that had been connected to the ISS at the time?

[@stevenwest000]

Wow never would have thought of astronauts have such criminal behaviours! Made me laugh when you said about the “psychiatric evaluation ….a bit late for that lads, you need you beef up your screening process” lol 😂

[@bradleyhawkes7481]

*the navy is in alignment with god” made me lmao and got you a sub ❤️

[@downwardspiralofchance1562]

Thank you for your hard work Qxir

[@171apples171]

Hey man, just gotta say you are my favorite youtube narrator when it comes to breaking down historical events. The artwork kicks ass. Youre respectful in the "last moments" series and hilarious in basically everything else. I appreciate it. I look forward to new uploads from you as much as vice grip garage lol. Keep up the excellent work man

[@luvsilly60]

Hope she understands the gravity of her situation. She doesn’t sound very grounded.

[@gillesjacques1022]

The mugshot was a good one, was a doozie!😂

[@superbad8008]

13:25 This could be an *amazing* reaction image