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


Ten years later, still waiting for the future to arrive
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This month marks the tenth anniversary of the first flight to space by SpaceShipOne, an event at the time that appeared to mark a new era in human spaceflight. Jeff Foust looks back at the event and the progress, or seemingly lack thereof, in commercial human suborbital spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2540/1

All alone in the night: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory emerges from the shadows
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In 1969, the Nixon Administration cancelled the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, focusing its resources on other reconnaissance satellites. Dwayne Day describes new insights into the  MOL program from recently released documents.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2539/1

Boeing displays CST-100 progress at Kennedy Space Center
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As NASA reviews proposals for the next phase of the commercial crew program, companies continue to show off the progress they have made and their future plans. Anthony Young reports on a Boeing event earlier this month in Florida, where the company plans to assemble its CST-100 spacecraft.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2538/1

It's time for NASA to abandon the Apollo mission model
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Both the National Research Council's human space exploration and a separate internal NASA study lay out a path of missions and destinations for human spaceflight beyond Earth orbit. John Strickland argues that they fail, though, by following an Apollo-era paradigm of standalone missions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2537/1

Planetary orbit insertion failures (part 2)
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In the conclusion of his two-part examination of planetary missions that failed to enter orbit as planned, Andrew LePage reviews four Mars missions by the US and former Soviet Union that failed to enter orbit as planned.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2536/1


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


Space policy via the rearview mirror
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The release of the final report by National Research Council's Committee on Human Spaceflight, evaluating the future of human space exploration, kickstarted a new round of debate about what that future should be. Dale Skran offers his assessment of the report, including where it falls short in assessing technical and commercial developments that could alter the report's proposed pathways.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2535/1

The commercial remote sensing boom
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Two years ago, weak demand for commercial imagery and reduced government budgets drove consolidation among providers of such images; today, a number of startups are trying to get into the field. Jeff Foust reports on this new wave of interest, including one company's recent acquisition by an Internet giant.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2534/1

Planetary orbit insertion failures (part 1)
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One of the most challenging aspects of planetary exploration, short of landing on another world, is entering orbit around it. In the first of a two-part article, Andrew LePage examines some of the missions that failed, at least on their first try, to achieve orbit around another solar system body.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2533/1

NASA's big rocket gives Putin a big advantage
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Tensions with Russia have generated interest in Congress and elsewhere to develop a new large rocket engine to replace the Russian-built RD-180. Rick Boozer argues that such an engine might be available today, or very soon, had Congress not derailed NASA's proposed launch vehicle development plans in 2010.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2532/1

Review: Sally Ride
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While Sally Ride was one of the most famous astronauts in American history, she was also a private person with secrets that didn't emerge until after her death nearly two years ago. Jeff Foust reviews a new biography that artfully tells the public, private, and even secret lives of the first American woman in space.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2531/1


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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