Miami (US): NASA has released more than 200 pages of e-mails related to the bizarre case of an astronaut accused of trying to kidnap her romantic rival, communications that for the most part only hint at the relationships between people involved in an apparent love triangle.
The documents include e-mails between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and the object of her affection, astronaut William Oefelein, as well as between him and a woman he was involved with, Air Force Capt Colleen Shipman, a few of which are notably steamy. Also included are e-mails of support sent to Nowak's boss after her February arrest at an Orlando airport.
Authorities say Nowak stalked Shipman - driving from her home in Texas to Florida - and tried to get into Shipman's car, later attacking her with pepper spray. Authorities found maps to Shipman's home, large garbage bags, latex gloves and some soiled toddler-sized diapers in Nowak's car.
She was also carrying a bag with a steel mallet, knife, rubber tubing and a BB gun resembling a real 9 mm.
NASA posted the series of e-mails on a Web site on Wednesday. Those between Nowak and Oefelein stretch from mid-2004 to January 2007 - most of them covering routine items such as schedules, technical issues about the shuttle and astronaut life insurance.
The early e-mails between the two are mostly formal, but some of the later ones have a friendlier tone. Nowak and Oefelein both lived in the Houston area and trained together, but never flew into space together.
Nowak offers to get Oefelein lunch, invites him to a Houston Astros baseball game being attended by other astronauts, asks for advice on a speaking engagement, asks for a ride to a rodeo and discusses plans to attend a party.
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