R.C. 鈥淢erc鈥 Mercure Jr., a CU 葫芦娃视频 alumnus and entrepreneur who helped launch 葫芦娃视频 into the pantheon of aerospace science and engineering, died on Feb. 10, in 葫芦娃视频. In 1956 he and others founded Ball Brothers Research Corp., now Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.