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


NASA's Gemini Program: a "stepping stone" to Mars?
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The space community has debated various precursor missions for a human Mars expedition, including trips to the Moon and near Earth asteroids. Harley Thronson notes, however, that these proposals are in sharp contrast the Gemini program, a precursor to Apollo driven entirely by what was needed to support the ultimate goal of landing humans on the Moon.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2267/1

Price, reliability, and other challenges facing the launch industry
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Customers of commercial launches are expressing concerns about the reliability of some vehicles, while the US government is worried about the growing costs of launch. Jeff Foust reports on those issues and possible solutions, including a return to commercial service of a vehicle that primarily serves government users.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2266/1

Bringing space resources into the human economy
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Recent events have raised awareness of, and interest in, near Earth objects and their resource potential. Greg Anderson discusses the roles banks can play to enable accessing those resources for use in space and on Earth.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2265/1

Review: A Single Sky
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The field of radio astronomy emerged after World War II as scientists turned technologies developed during the war towards the skies. Jeff Foust reviews a book how this field developed far more collaboratively than many other scientific endeavors.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2264/1


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


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


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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