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 OCO mission continues, now delayed at least 5 years past its original launch failure (Credits: NASA). On February 24, 2009, NASA's Orbiting... Read more →
In the third and final day of the International Space University (ISU) Symposium on Sustainability of Space Activities, speakers addressed topics... Read more →
The SCaN platform being prepared for testing at NASA's Glenn Research Center (Credits: NASA). The Space Communications and Navigation, or SCaN,... Read more →
On February 15 Robonaut, a dextrous humanoid robot stationed on ISS, shook hands with Commander Dan Burbank. It constituted the first man-machine... Read more →
Satellite images reveal the ongoing violence taking place in Syria according to the US State Department. In a Facebook posting on February 10, the... Read more →
The suit to be worn by Felix Baumgartner during his skydive (Credits: Red Bull Stratos). An upcoming extreme sports skydive from the stratosphere... Read more →
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