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


The great state space race
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Several states are completing to host a planned commercial launch site for SpaceX, with Texas in the lead. Jeff Foust reports on that competition and growing interest by local and state economic development organizations to attract commercial space businesses.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2271/1

Lunarcy: is the idea of lunar settlement crazy?
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A new documentary profiles several people with very strong beliefs in lunar settlement. Jeff Foust reviews the film and examines the challenges space advocates face in being taken seriously as they seek goals that, today, seem laughable to the public.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2270/1

Space settlement and future of space law
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Continued expansion of humanity into the solar system will bring with it new legal issues. Babak Shakouri discusses some of those potential problems, from legal jurisdiction over multinational facilities to property rights, and how they could be addressed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2269/1

Review: Mankind Beyond Earth
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Human spaceflight is among the most difficult challenges we attempt, which means the rationale for doing so must be strong. Jeff Foust reviews a book that attempts to provide a historical and scientific basis for human spaceflight while also detailing the issues that make it so challenging.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2268/1


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Space Access Conference Information http://www.space-access.org/updates/sa13info.html

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


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


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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