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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


Skyfall: will a Russian meteor and an asteroid flyby change our minds about the NEO threat?
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On Friday a meteor disintegrated in the skies of souther Russia, causing considerable damage to buildings in the city of Chelyabinsk. Jeff Foust examines whether that, and an asteroid flying close by the Earth the same day, will raise awareness enough about the threat posed by near Earth objects to generate increased government or private funding for search efforts.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2243/1

The Last Pictures: Contemporary pessimism and hope for the future (part 1)
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A recently-launched commercial communications satellite carried an unusual secondary payload: a collection of images created by an artist, designed to outlast humanity. Larry Klaes begins a three-part look at "The Last Pictures" and their significance.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2242/1

From seven minutes of terror to seven months of science
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is now in its seventh month of operation on the Martian surface, as mission scientists and engineers deliberately put the rover through its paces. Jeff Foust reports on what Curiosity's lead scientist says is likely in store for the rover in the coming months.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2241/1

Are there going to be any women at this party?
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Is there a major deficiency in the ten-year history of this publication? Dwayne Day sees a lack of female writers, which may be indicative of broader issues with the space advocacy community.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2240/1


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


Special issue: The Space Review's 10th anniversary

Asking the big questions for the next ten years
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The Space Review started ten years ago seeking to take on the big issues facing spaceflight then. Today, Jeff Foust describes another set of big questions, some new and some familiar, facing government and commercial space endeavors for the next decade.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2239/1

Ten years back, ten years forward
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The future of human spaceflight is a key issue for the comping decade. Louis Friedman warns that we run the risk of ceding space exploration entirely to robots if we're not able to inspire people today with human spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2238/1

Can Elon Musk retire on Mars in 2023?
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Elon Musk has indicated in media reports his long-term ambition is to retire on Mars. Can he do it? Sam Dinkin looks ahead a decade and crunches the numbers.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2237/1

Proliferating military space power in 2013 and beyond
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A lot has changed in military space over the last decade, as more countries gain military space capabilities. Taylor Dinerman argues that this brings with it new risks over the next decade as well.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2236/1

A ten-year experiment
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The Space Review started as an experiment: would people be interested in long-form articles on space issues? Jeff Foust says that experiment is still in progress, ten years later.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2235/1

Athena rising?
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Lockheed Martin is making a new attempt to revive the Athena launch vehicle, getting endorsements, but as yet no contracts, from government agencies. Dwayne Day examines the long, and often rocky history, of this small launcher.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2234/1

Future In-Space Operations (FISO): a working group and community engagement
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A series of telecons, little known outside of a small part of the space community, have been actively discussing a variety of topics for future activities beyond Earth orbit. Harley Thronson and Dan Lester describe the origins and current activities of the Future In-Space Operations group.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2233/1


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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