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


A tragedy's lessons for the future
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NASA took the lessons from the Columbia accident ten years ago and used them to help safely fly out the remaining shuttle missions, but what about future spacecraft? Jeff Foust reports on the views about safety of future human spaceflight vehicles, particularly those being developed commercially, discussed at a recent symposium.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2263/1

Using "rocket science" to understand North Korea's space and missile efforts
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Determining just how advanced North Korea's space and missile technologies are can be difficult, even when a mission like last December's launch appears successful. James Oberg estimates that country's progress, and future challenges, based on those reported successes and apparent failures.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2262/1

India's French Connection in space
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The launch last month of an Indo-French ocean science satellite on an Indian rocket is just the latest sign of cooperation between the two nations in space. Ajey Lele discusses the strategic implications of Indian and French space cooperation.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2261/1

"A lot of anticipation": cosmologists await Planck's views of the universe's first light
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Later this week ESA will release data from its Planck mission, offering astronomers their best view yet of the cosmic microwave background. Jeff Foust examines what makes astronomers so excited about Planck's data.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2260/1

Space industrialization and the G20
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Last month's Russian meteor was a reminder of the threat that near Earth objects pose, while recent commercial developments also highlight the resource potential of NEOs and other solar system bodies. Three authors make the argument that the G20 nations should make space industrialization, and planetary protection, a priority.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2259/1


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


The Lion and the Vortex
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During the Falklands War, the United States offered assistance, often covertly, to Great Britain. Dwayne Day reports on newly-declassified documents that reveal that this assistance included access to a newly-launched signals intelligence satellite.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2258/1

Community, lenses, and learning: the "Columbia+10" workshop
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Last week a forum in Washington looked back at the Columbia accident and the lessons learned from it. Mary Lynne Dittmar offers her perspective on the cathartic nature of the event and the insights it offered on the past and future of spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2257/1

Launch failures: what's changed?
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Space launch can, by its nature, be very unforgiving to even the smallest changes. Wayne Eleazer recounts how, in several cases, seemingly innocuous, minor changes resulted in unfortunate outcomes for missions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2256/1

Addressing the challenges of space debris, part 3: policy
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While dealing with space debris requires overcoming a number of technical obstacles, the political ones may be even greater. Michael Listner completes his assessment of the challenges of cleaning up space debris by offering a potential solution to some of the policy challenges associated with this effort.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2255/1

Review: Red Rover
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As the science results from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pour in, it's easy to forget that the instrument that make that science possible can be as challenging to develop as the spacecraft itself. Jeff Foust reviews a book by the principal investigator of one of Curiosity's instruments, who tells the inside story of the development of that instrument and work on other missions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2254/1


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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