NASA and Birds

I've been communicating with a guy from Houston and the Johnson Space Center/NASA. I first ran into him through my bird blog when he was curious about one of his bird photos. Turns out that he is an "in-flight maintenance" tech for the shuttle. He does real-time support on cockpit systems from Mission Control. Pretty cool. Might be able to go to Houston sometime and check it all out. He says it's also a great place in the spring to photograph birds as they return for the summer. Yep, might have to find out first-hand sometime. :)