She's on staff at Fernbank, the only science center in America operated by a school district. I've always wanted to be able to fly. I was on the mail plane, coming back to the village where my parents were working. I think it might have gotten started there. Just simply loving to travel distances fast.
Astronomy brings all the different sciences together.
When you look at computer screens with wonderful images on them or when you look at the new data that's coming in, it's aesthetically pleasing, as well as new information coming in that you get to put together. If you look at the people, I think that's the exciting stuff. When you add tools on, and astronomers and scientists that know how to use those tools, then you become able to see further, you can see differently, and every time something new opens up, there's a whole bunch of new questions that come up from it. Being able to find out something that NASA's doing and to bring that back to DeKalb County was a big plus with me. I spent 13 years as a television news technician and cameraman.