Lisa Nowak, the allegedly vengeful former astronaut, is back in court, as prosecutors argue before appellate judges that detectives should be allowed to use evidence found in her car. Nowak faces charges of attempted kidnapping after she undertook what police say was a trip from Texas to Florida to confront and pepper spray the girlfriend of another astronaut, former space shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein [see AP story].

A lower court judge had agreed with Nowak’s lawyers that evidence found in her car should be inadmissible during trial, because detectives were directed to her car after a long, sleepless interview Nowak had with police during questioning after her arrest in February 2007 in Orlando. Among the things found in her car were a wig, duct tape, and a trench coat. What about the infamous NASA-issued diapers? Police say Nowak told them she used diapers so that she could make the 1,000 mile trip without breaks. Nowak’s lawyers have denied that narrative, saying the media got the story wrong after toddler-sized diapers were found in the trunk. But that didn’t stop people from putting diapers up on eBay after the incident.

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