Astronaut Love?
Recently there has been some news about a supposed astronaut love triangle involving astronauts Liza Nowek and WIlliam Oefelein. The jist of the story is that Liza found an email from Williams other girlfriend, and proceeded with a 900-mile roadtrip in order to confront her about it. But let's leave the rumors and gossip alone and focus on the main issue here. Here is a link to an article about the story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/washington/07astronaut.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It just seems that this story, which is really a non-story, got blown way out of proportion just because the astronaut in question is a woman. Just because she is a woman, her action to go confront this girl was viewed as emotional, and irrational. If it had been a man, it wouldn't have been a big deal, and would have remained a non-issue. This is really a private matter that needs to be worked out between the three of them, and not a national news story.
Comments
I agree with you 100%. If it had been a man that had done this I do not think it would have even been in the news. If you think about it this sort of thing happens all the time. I think a big part of this being news worthy was the fact that it was an astronaut. People think that since they are astronauts that they have higher expectations to live up to than other people. It is just another example of how having a "better" job has its downsides.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 7, 2007 11:08 PM