How NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope project chief used Jimmy Buffett quotes to thank mission team

Turns out that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope project manager is a self-described “parrot head.”

The term is a playful reference to fans of calypso singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who project manager Bill Ochs recently quoted when congratulating the Webb Space Telescope team. (For his part, Buffett was said to once call his fans “parrot heads” after seeing several at a concert with parrots on their heads; the term stuck.)