[meteorite-list] The Eagle has landed...

From: countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:08:14 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <5378603.1275538094526.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-hunyo.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Excuse OT. It is an Osprey. They were introduced by NASA to the Space Center in the early '70's to reduce the pigeon and gull population. Apparently, NASA doesn't want bird crap on it's birds. This little dude can click off 400 kilometers an hour when stooping. Kills kinetically and recovers the prey in the air if it can. Neat bird.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au>
>Sent: Jun 2, 2010 8:50 PM
>To: Meteorite List <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] The Eagle has landed...
>
>Actually it's an Osprey! NASA's Kennedy Space Center posted this pic this
>morning:
>
>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4195962&id=86505458090
>
>A little OT I know but kinda cool!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
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Received on Thu 03 Jun 2010 12:08:14 AM PDT