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


Four more years: The US seeks to extend the ISS, but will its partners join?
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Last week, the White House and NASA announced that the US wants to operate the International Space Station to at least 2024, four years later than previously planned. Jeff Foust reports on the reaction to those plans both in the US and among the international partners, who have yet to agree to such an extension.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2434/1

Why greens should be pro-space
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A recent op-ed criticized space tourism for being environmentally unfriendly, with a carbon footprint per person much larger than for commercial aviation. Joe Mascaro makes the case that environmentalists should actually embrace the growing opportunities of commercial spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2433/1

Doing the right thing when it's steamboat time
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Much of the criticism regarding the Space Launch System has been about its large size and cost. John Strickland argues that the true root of the SLS's costs is not that it's large, but that it is expendable, and thus unaffordable.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2432/1

The International Lunar Decade
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As more nations and companies show an interest in going to the Moon and making use of its resources, a regime to effectively govern access to those resources may be needed. Vid Beldavs discusses a proposal to study those resources and develop technologies to access them within the framework of an existing treaty.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2431/1


Note: we apologize to those readers who received multiple copies of last week's newsletter. This was due to a configuration problem with a single Internet service provider. If you continue to receive duplicate copies, or experience other delivery issues, please let us know.


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


What's a space exploration program for?
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As heads of space agencies meet in Washington this week for a space exploration conference, some in the US call for a change in direction in NASA's human spaceflight program.  Jeff Foust reports on several views of what NASA should be doing, as proposed in a new book.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2430/1

Shooting the news from low Earth orbit: An interview with Mark E. Brender, Executive Director of the DigitalGlobe Foundation
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The news media has become one of the major users of imagery from commercial satellites. Dwayne Day interviews one of the pioneers of such use of commercial imagery, offering his perspectives as someone who worked first in the media and then for one of the commercial remote sensing companies.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2429/1

GSLV-D5 success: A major "booster" to India's space program
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On Sunday, India launched successfully for the first time a version of its large GSLV rocket with an indigenously-developed cryogenic upper stage. Ajey Lele discusses the significance of this milestone for India's space program and its future plans.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2428/1

First west, then east
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Government agencies and companies have struggled for decades to develop feasible one- or two-stage reusable launch vehicles (RLVs). Ronald Menich describes how a three-stage RLV, while seemingly more complex, could be done today without any major technological breakthroughs.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2427/1

US citizens: demand maximum support for NASA's Commercial Crew Program
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This is a key year for NASA's commercial crew efforts, and funding decisions in the coming weeks could determine the future of the program. Rick Boozer argues why the program deserves full funding.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2426/1


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Until next week,

Jeff Foust
Editor, The Space Review
jeff@thespacereview.com
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