elizaeffect

Hi! I'm a science geek who has loved space since I was four years old. I foster cats, write a little science fiction, and work full-time for the US Environmental Protection Agency. I was a physics major back in college, but I hope to go back to school in the near future to earn my engineering graduate degree. I attended the STS-127 NASA Tweetup in September '09, and returned for a chance to speak to the ISS in October (I was the one holding the mic when the Master Alarm went off - d'oh!). I love space travel, space popularization, and space education, and hope to someday find a job studying and exploring the cosmos, whether it's building the rockets or riding 'em.