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


After a year, NASA's asteroid mission still seeks definition
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Last April, NASA unveiled plan to redirect an asteroid into lunar orbit to be visited by astronauts, a plan that was criticized for some for the lack of details. Jeff Foust reports that, nearly a year later, NASA is refining those plans, but still faces critics of the proposed mission on Capitol Hill.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2482/1

Prospects for the Indian human spaceflight program
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the first Indian astronaut, Rakesh Sharma. Gurbir Singh examines the prospects for India's own human spaceflight program after many years of waiting for someone to follow Sharma.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2481/1

If at first you don't succeed... (part 2)
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In part 2 of his look back at early Soviet planetary missions, Andrew LePage recounts what happened to the fleet of Mars and Venus missions launched by the USSR in the latter half of 1962.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2480/1

Review: Marketing the Moon
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Humanity's first missions to the Moon, 45 years ago, might seem like such a historic milestone that there would be no need for help publicizing it. Jeff Foust reviews a book that explains not only why such publicity efforts were necessary, but how NASA, industry, and the media carried them out.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2479/1


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


Making the most of the ISS
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In recent years, NASA and others have turned their attention on the International Space Station from building and maintaining the facility to making the best possible use of it. Jeff Foust examines some of those government and commercial efforts, from using the ISS as a remote sensing platform to as a launch facility for small satellites.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2478/1

If at first you don't succeed... (part 1)
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The early history of Soviet missions to Venus and Mars was filled with failures. Andrew LePage looks back at how Soviet engineers responded to the initial set of failed missions with a spacecraft concept designed for missions to both planets.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2477/1

Reusability and other issues facing the launch industry
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While many in the space community are fascinated with SpaceX's experiments with reusability and their implications for launch prices, that excitement doesn't necessarily extend to other companies in the launch industry. Jeff Foust reports on what issues are currently of greater interest and importance to them.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2476/1

A new price point to orbit
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The upcoming reusable Falcon 9 launch is generating some excitement. Sam Dinkin looks at the implications of projected lower launch costs for space settlement.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2475/1

Review: Live TV From Orbit
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Today, we take for granted getting live high definition video from the International Space Station, but forty years ago, getting live TV of any kind from orbit involved technical and other problems. Jeff Foust reviews a book that examines the development and use fo live TV on Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and the beginning of the Space Shuttle program.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2474/1


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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