NASA Stuff

The new urine recycler on ISS seems to be working. As reported in this blog yesterday, the machine had not been working properly, but astronauts undertook repairs, and those repairs seem to have paid off.

On another matter entirely, President-elect Obama has appointed three more people to his NASA transition team. Two of them were NASA officials during the Clinton administration. Space policy was not one of President Clinton's real interests, so those appointments may not be good signs to those who read tea leaves. The third, however, is the National Space Society's George Whiteside, who is also a senior advisor to Virgin Galactic. That choice is provocative.

Lori Garver, who was NSS executive director before her own stint at NASA, was already on the team.