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


Spaceport America awaits liftoff
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The state of New Mexico placed a $200-million bet on the commercial space industry by developing Spaceport America. Jeff Foust visits the facility as it waits for its anchor tenant, Virgin Galactic, to begin launches from the desert spaceport.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2363/1

In praise of the Eastern Range
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The Eastern Range, which includes the launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, has a bad reputation in some quarters of the space industry for being expensive and difficult to use. Edward Ellegood argues that reputation is largely undeserved, thanks to changes in the way the range does business over the last decade.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2362/1

Revisiting "Space: The Next Business Frontier"
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Remember when Lou Dobbs was the prophet of space profits? Jeff Foust dusts off a 12-year-old book written by the business media personality and SPACE.com founder, and compares Dobbs's views and predictions about the commercial space industry with what has transpired since.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2361/1


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


Flying above the Martian radar
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Most of the attention devoted to Mars missions is focused on rovers like Curiosity, Opportunity, and NASA's planned 2020 rover. Jeff Foust reports on an upcoming orbiter mission, overlooked by many, that offers an opportunity to understand what happened to the Red Planet's atmosphere.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2360/1

Death, and life, in space
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With the movie now in theatrical release, more people have seen "Europa Report" and its story of a human mission to the Jovian moon Europa. Dwayne Day revisits his review of the movie and the criticisms others have raised about it.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2359/1

Review: The Visioneers
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Space colonies are back in public view, thanks to the recent sci-fi film "Elysium". Jeff Foust explores the long history of the concept through a review of a book that examines Gerard O'Neill's role as a "visioneer" of the concept.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2358/1


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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