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Date: December 3, 2012 8:12:35 AM CST
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


Egolauncher
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A year after rolling out its plans to develop a massive air launch system, Stratolaunch Systems confirmed recently it parted ways with one of its original partners, SpaceX. Dwayne Day describes how this is evidence that Stratolaunch is less a viable commercial or military system than it is an ego-driven project.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2198/1

A prize competition fails to launch
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Last week NASA quietly canceled a planned prize competition to develop a low-cost dedicated launch vehicle for nanosatellites. Jeff Foust reports on the reasons behind the decision and the reaction from both potential competitors and the organization that planned to run the competition.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2197/1

Inserting the "s" word: a modest proposal
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The direction and goals of national space policy remain an ongoing subject for debate. Derek Webber argues that including settlement as even a long-term goal of any future national space policy will provide new clarity and purpose to overall space efforts.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2196/1

The Overview Effect at 25
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Twenty-five years ago, a book argued that those who flew in space experienced a radically altered perception of the Earth. Jeff Foust talks with Frank White, who wrote about the Overview Effect in 1987 and continues to study it today.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2195/1


If you missed it, here's what we published in our previous issue:


What is the future of the RLV?
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For decades, NASA and the US military have supported several efforts to develop a reusable launch vehicle, of which only the Space Shuttle flew, and it fell short of its cost and flight rate goals. Jeff Foust examines how the US government has quietly exited the RLV development business, leaving the future of such vehicles in the hands of the private sector.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2194/1

When the steel hand wavered and an opportunity was lost
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When the "Mercury 13" group of prospective women astronauts sought recognition from NASA a  half-century ago, one would have imagined that a pioneering female pilot, Jacqueline Cochran, would have supported them. Billie Holladay Skelley looks at why Cochran instead failed to back their efforts.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2193/1

Review: Near-Earth Objects
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The occasional close flyby of the Earth by a small asteroid provides regular reminders of threats -- and benefits -- such objects pose to us. Jeff Foust reviews a book by a leading expert on near-Earth objects about the peril and promise of these bodies.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2192/1


We appreciate any feedback you may have about these articles as well as
any other questions, comments, or suggestions about The Space Review.
We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so
if you have an article or article idea that you think would be of
interest, please email me.

Until next week,

Jeff Foust
Editor, The Space Review
jeff@thespacereview.com
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