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.
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) announced on May 2 the... Read more →
In a visit to California in February 2013, SpaceIL founder Yariv Bash discussed how he and two other engineers came to undertake the Google Lunar X... Read more →
Dr. Heiner Klinkrad, head of ESA's Space Debris Office (Credits: ESA). The International Association for the Advancement of Space safety (IAASS)... Read more →
Soyuz-U carrying the Progress M-19M liftsoff from Baikonour (Credits: NASA TV). At 10:21 GMT on April 24, the Progress M-19M cargo vessel... Read more →
Illustration of the crater and lip typically formed when a micrometeoroid impacts a metal surface (Credits: Orbital Debris Quarterly News). As... Read more →
Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko on his first EVA (Credits: NASA). On April 19, cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko conducted a nearly seven... Read more →