WHAT'S IN YOUR FRIDGE?!

Listening to NPR this morning I heard info that sparked my interest, then realized I didn't need to know this, after all.

*November 2008 - NASA approves recycling device.

It's a water-recycling device that will process the crew's urine for communal consumption.
"We did blind taste tests of the water," said NASA's Bob Bagdigian, the system's lead engineer. "Nobody had any strong objections. Other than a faint taste of iodine, it is just as refreshing as any other kind of water." "I've got some in my fridge," he added. "It tastes fine to me." - anyone else think this guy needs a psyche test? (what's in YOUR fridge?)

*April 2009 - improvements on recycling device.
Coming back for NASA scientists: four to five liters of recycled water that had been the astronauts' own urine and sweat. The water was produced after Discovery delivered a new urine processor that fixed the recycling machine. (how does one collect sweat unless you're leaning over a StairMaster, treadmill or stationary bike trying to catch the drops off your forehead?)
NASA hopes to have the water samples tested within a month. If the toxicology results are good, the three space station residents will be given the all-clear to start drinking the recycled water up there.
Numerous thoughts attack my simple mind:

1. What a difference six months of research can make!

2. A new meaning for Space Cadets (folks on too many prescription or street drugs)

3. This makes Arrowhead & off-brand bottled water look good!

4. How important is our space program to us or does NASA just have it's own agenda?

5. Is our government (in an attempt to go green) secretly planning on giving us recycled sewage?6. This reinforces the too-much-information statement.

7. Was that aforementioned blind taste test held at Costco or Sam's Club on busy Saturday?

*I don't even want to know what they do with solid waste . . . . . in the words of what Sandler may say, just about hot dogs with ketchup, "Eeeeeeeeewwww, groooooooooooooth."