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.
On March 17, Copenhagen Suborbitals performed the first drop tests on their main parachute for space capsule Tycho Deep Space. Although limited... Read more →
The AEHF-1 satellite under construction prior to its 2010 launch (Credits: Lockheed Martin). Fourteen months after human error stranded US... Read more →
In August 2011, a Russian telecommunication satellite, Express-AM4, was placed in a useless orbit following failure of the Breeze-M upper... Read more →
On March 13, NASA recorded a hover test of Morpheus, a lander testbed used for assessing technologies that could be used in lunar, asteroidal, or... Read more →
Rendition of the EDDE system (Credits: STAR) In February, NASa awarded a $1.9 million contract to Star Technology and Research (STAR) to develop... Read more →
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