Linda Voss
Science WriterWork in Progress: The Sky Is Not the Limit
Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 – February 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Voss received her B.S. in engineering science from Purdue University, her M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT, and her PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died in Arizona on February 6, 2012, from brea 
st cancer.
Photo credit: Richard Hinkley
About the Author
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Writers love metaphor, which is why I like to think of myself, professionally, as a soap molecule. Soap molecules work because they are hydrophilic (attracted to water) on one side and attracted to oil on the other and are, therefore, able to make oil and water mix. So I, on the one hand, am attracted to metaphor, creativity, the humanities. On the other hand, I love the sciences. At NASA I have enjoyed working as a writer among engineers. In my science writing in general, I get a lot of satisfaction from facilitating communication between scientific folk and the general public or other scientific folk not expert in the same area. I like being a bridge between the sciences and the humanities.
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