Re: Could SS1 be exported?

From: Bill the Cat (bill_at_the.cat)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:26:12 -0600

vince@offshore.ai wrote in
news:1102972494.458815.186330@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> There are birds in Florida and NASA still launches. Do they do
> anything
> to keep birds from nesting too close to the launch pads? How close is
> really too close?

NASA has a "bird lady" who sits near the top of the tower and shoos away
birds with an air horn and squirt gun. There are also dummy owls around the
pad.

I'm not aware of anything NASA may be doing to deter birds from the
surrounding areas.

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