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Date: March 14, 2016 at 4:39:25 PM CDT
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Subject: This Week in The Space Review - 2016 March 14
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This Week in The Space Review View this email in your browser This Week in The Space Review March 14, 2016 Welcome to The Space Review's weekly newsletter! One track, two stations: A proposal for cooperation on the ISS and the Chinese Space Station Some in the West have suggested that China join the International Space Station program in some way. Chen Lan argues that while it's too late to expect China to abandon its plans for its own space station, there may be ways to cooperate by using both stations on joint efforts.   The shifting commercial launch landscape The entry of SpaceX into the commercial launch market has put pressure on other companies to reduce their prices, even through many customers have traditionally not been price-sensitive. Jeff Foust reports that changes in the market are making customers more eager to spend less on launch, even as some launch providers seek to emphasize schedule performance and reliability.   Giant steps are what you take, walking on the Moon An exhibition of Soviet space artifacts closed in London on Sunday after a six-month run. Dwayne Day discusses one of the key items in that exhibition, an engineering model of a lunar lander.   US terrestrial non-fossil fuel energy vs. space solar power In the final essay in his three-part examination of the importance of space solar power, Mike Snead explains why only space-based solar power can meet the growing energy needs of the US as fossil fuels are phased out in the decades to come.   Review: Mars One: Humanity's Next Great Adventure Although it hasn't attracted the same degree of public attention in the last year that it has previously, Mars One is still working on its controversial plans to send humans to Mars on one-way private missions. Jeff Foust reviews a book edited by some Mars One advisors that examines how they plan to handle a number of issues associated with those plans.   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 Copyright © 2016 The Space Review, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you previously signed up to receive these weekly newsletters from The Space Review. Our mailing address is: The Space Review 12205 Village Square Ter Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences