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


Names in bottles: a new tool for exploration?
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It has become almost commonplace for space missions to offer to take with them the public's names or other digital items. Dan Lester wonder how effective this approach is for making the public feel like they're a part of space exploration.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2643/1

Almost astronauts
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Being an astronaut is a life-long aspiration for many, but what happens when you apply and just miss the final cut? Jeff Foust reports on how three people rebounded when their bids to fly in space fell short.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2642/1

Witnesses: Space historiography at the handover (part 1)
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This is a critical time for historians chronicling the early Space Age, as many of the key people from that era pass away. In the first of a multi-part article, David Clow examines this issue from the perspective of those who worked in mission control.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2641/1

Enhancing the field of exoplanetary research
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The search for, and study of, extrasolar planets is one of the hottest topics in astronomy, but one that is also not well coordinated among various participants. Thomas Godard and Daniel Long make the case for establishing an organization to help support exoplanet studies and reach out to broader communities about its work.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2640/1

Review: The Asteroid Threat
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Although asteroids are the subject of both scientific and commercial interest, they also pose a threat to the Earth, as the Chelyabinsk meteor reminded us in 2013. Jeff Foust reviews a book that argues that NASA in particular should do more to study and respond to this threat.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2639/1


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


Making the case for space science as a national priority
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Planetary and other space scientists are facing continuing challenges to win federal funding to suport their missions and other research. Jason Callahan examines the history of federal R&D funding and the lessons it offers to scientists seeking increased NASA funding.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2638/1

Destination Deimos (part 2)
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In their conclusion of a two-part examination of an alternative Mars mission architecture, James S. Logan and Daniel R. Adamo describe how a spacecraft could be developed to transport humans to the Martian moon of Deimos and back, and be flown again.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2637/1

Moving beyond the accidents
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As the investigations into the Antares and SpaceShipTwo accidents continue, both Orbital Sciences and Virgin Galactic are looking how to get their efforts back on track. Jeff Foust reports on their plans and looks at which company has the most at stake.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2636/1

Gravity's rainbow
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The success of last year's hot movie "Gravity" appears to have inspired a range of other movies and television shows about spaceflight. Dwayne Day reviews what's on the manifest, and what's been scrubbed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2635/1

Government and commercial space: an essential partnership
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The recent Antares and SpaceShipTwo launch failures have raised questions from some quarters about NASA's reliance on commercial space ventures. Louis Friedman argues that both sides need each other today.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2634/1

"Interstellar" versus interplanetary
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The movie "Interstellar" has attracted diverging reviews: some believe it's one of the great sci-fi films of all time, while others find it disappointing. Jeff Foust wonders about one little-appreciated aspect of the film: why it needed to be "interstellar" at all.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2633/1


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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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