Fermi Pulsar Interactive Videos

Credits

• Animators

  • Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
  • Cruz deWilde (Avant Gravity)
  • Dana Berry (Skyworks Digital)

• Writers

  • Francis Reddy (University of Maryland College Park)
  • Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)

• Video editors

  • Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
  • Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)

• Interviewees

  • Charles Meegan (NASA/Marshall)
  • Dave Thompson (NASA/GSFC)
  • Isabelle Grenier (French Atomic Energy Comission)
  • Neil Gehrels (NASA/GSFC)
  • Peter Michaelson (Stanford University)
  • Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy)
  • Valerie Connaughton (NASA MSFC/University of Alabama)

• Producers

  • Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
  • Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)

• Narrator

  • Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Videographer

  • Victoria Weeks (None)

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