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


MOL's mysteries
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The declassification of some information about the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program has answered some questions about that effort, but raised new ones. Dwayne Day looks at what we know about the companies involved in MOL from the declassified information.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2595/1

Reaching Mars: is it about great power status?
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Later this month, India's first Mars mission is scheduled to enter orbit around the Red Planet. Ajey Lele says missions like this might demonstrate that India is an emerging "great power" here on Earth.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2594/1

The startup-ification of commercial space
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As the commercial space industry evolves, many of its most entrepreneurial ventures are taking on different forms. Jeff Foust reports on how many space startups look increasingly like other Silicon Valley technology startups.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2593/1

How a few technical failures can spell success for SpaceX
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Last month, an experimental SpaceX vehicle was destroyed during a test flight at the company's Texas test site. R. D. Boozer explains why such failures should be expected in a development program that is successful in the long term.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2592/1

Review: Arms Control in Space
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While most people recognize the potentially disastrous effects of the use of weapons in space, efforts to ban such weapons through treaties and other agreements have made little progress. Jeff Foust reviews a book that examines the framework needed for the successful development of such accords.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2591/1


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


A mission to Pluto enters the home stretch
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It's been more than eight and a half years since New Horizons lifted off, but the spacecraft is now less than a year away from its long-awaited flyby of Pluto. Jeff Foust reports on a milestone the mission achieved last week, and the expectations the science team has for the upcoming encounter.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2590/1

Deflecting near Earth asteroids with paint
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When the concept of deflecting threatening asteroids comes to mind, it's usually associated with visions of using impactors, or other kinds of weapons, to shove the object off course. Shen Ge describes an ongoing effort to study a far more subtle technique for deflecting hazardous objects.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2589/1

Complications of the legal definition of "launching state"
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A key tenet of international space law is the concept of the "launching state," the nation or nations responsible for a particular launch. Babak Shakouri Hassanabadi examines some complications that the original definitions of the term create as more nations and non-state entities become involved in spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2588/1

Review: Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce
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While NASA experiments with the use of public-private partnerships to support the development of space capabilities, such partnerships are hardly novel in general. Jeff Foust reviews a book that examines analogies to other such partnerships from American history and the lessons they offer for spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2587/1


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Until next week,

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