Having wandered into professional writing and editing after a decade in engineering, science, and management, Merryl now enjoys reintegrating the dichotomy by bringing space technology and policy within reach of an interested public. After three years as Space Safety Magazine’s Managing Editor, Merryl semi-retired to Visiting Contributor and manager of the campaign to bring the International Space Station collaboration to the attention of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. She keeps her pencil sharp as Proposal Manager for U.S. government contractor CSRA.
A view of the five F-1 engines on the Saturn 5 that launched NASA's Apollo 11 from Kennedy Space Center in 1969 (Credits: NASA). In 1969 Apollo... Read more →
Russia deorbited the Express-AM4 communication satellite on March 25, despite pleas by startup company Polar Broadband Systems Ltd. to allow the... Read more →
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A strip of piezoelectric material used for sensing vibrations and pressure (Credits:Mirow Systemtechnik GmbH). Piezoelectric foil, otherwise... Read more →
Using NASA's Messenger and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft, doctoral design student Robert Alexander "sonifed" data from a March... Read more →
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