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


A time of danger and opportunity for US-Russian space relations
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Tensions between Russia and Ukraine could imperil US-Russian cooperation in space, some fear, including access to the ISS. Jeff Foust reports on the potential threats an intensified crisis could pose, but also the opportunities it could provide.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2469/1

Uwingu: making an impact
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Last month, Uwingu rolled out a new program to allow people to name craters on a Mars map for a fee. Alan Stern and Mark Sykes discuss the benefits this initiative promises for funding space science efforts, and how some have misunderstood it.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2468/1

Protecting critical space capabilities from physical and fiscal threats
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Space has become congested, contested, and competitive, officials have warned in recent years. Now, Thomas "Tav" Taverney argues, military space systems are facing fiscal threats that could imperil plans to protect those systems from other threats.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2467/1

Rocket reusability: a driver of economic growth
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On Sunday, SpaceX will launch its latest Falcon 9 rocket on another ISS resupply mission, but this time attempt to recover the first stage. Rick Boozer explains how this step towards reusability can change the economics of spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2466/1

Rebooting "Cosmos"
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Last night the highly anticipated first episode of the remake of "Cosmos" broadcast on Fox. Jeff Foust checks out the show and examines how it and its host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, compare to the legacy of the original "Cosmos" and Carl Sagan.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2465/1


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


Mars 2021 and the quest for direction in human spaceflight
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Last week, a Congressional committee held a hearing about whether NASA should adopt a human Mars flyby concept developed last year by Inspiration Mars. Jeff Foust reports on the debate at the hearing about a 2021 Mars flyby mission, and demands from policymakers for more details from NASA about its human space exploration plans in general.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2464/1

The Affording Mars Workshop: background and recommendations
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In December, a team of experts convened in Washington to examine how to carry out "affordable" human missions to Mars in the next two to three decades. Harley Thronson and Chris Carberry discuss the background of the workshop and the recommendations they developed to make such missions feasible.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2463/1

Apollo 9: testing the lunar module
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Monday marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 9, an Apollo mission that never left Earth orbit yet was a key step in the journey to the Moon. Anthony Young recounts this mission that provided the first opportunity for astronauts to fly the Lunar Module.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2462/1

Review: Microlaunchers
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Can small launch vehicles disrupt the space industry in the same way that microcomputers did to the computing industry decades ago? Jeff Foust reviews a book that makes that argument, but doesn't necessarily convince the reader.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2461/1


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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