sue norman foran fo example. she first came to nasa as a research scientist.orked in several other fields. her current job involves work in arial and satellite photography. >> we use both arial photography and satellite imagery to help in analysis. there are two youtube pictures which were taken from a side looking angle at 65,000 feet. they are color infrared pictures, and we use color infrared because it tells us more about the vegetation on the ground, whether it is healthy or whether it is diseased. these pictures are northern california the bay area. , you can see the mountains in the background with snow on them. if you look closely, you can see a little bit of curvature of the earth. i think let's see, we have two maps. this one is the map of the state of california that shows the places where a satellite path is over. it takes one picture. narrator: what made you think initially of a career in space? >> there were quite a few. number one, when i was going to school, i did not belong to a very wealthy family, so i really wanted to get a job and go to so