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


Kepler's second act
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Last summer, NASA announced that the Kepler spacecraft could not continue its mission to look for exoplanets because of failed reaction wheels on the spacecraft. Jeff Foust reports on how the project is trying to bring new life to the spacecraft with an alternative mission, as other spacecraft seek to follow in Kepler's footsteps.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2447/1

Ranger: America's first successful lunar program
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As China's ongoing lunar mission, Chang'e-3, struggled with problems with its rover, it's worth remembering the problems early American lunar missions encountered. Andrew LePage examines the failure of a Ranger mission 50 years ago, and how it paved the way for successful missions that followed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2446/1

Why not return to the Moon? (part 1)
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Four years ago, NASA set aside plans for a human return to the Moon in the foreseeable future in favor of expeditions to asteroids and Mars. In the first of a two-part article, Anthony Young reexamines the potential scientific, geopolitical, and commercial benefits of reconsidering human lunar exploration.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2445/1

Review: Challenger: An American Tragedy
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More than a quarter of a century after the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger, is there anything more that can be written about that fatal accident? Jeff Foust reviews a short ebook that does offer a new perspective from the person who was the voice of launch control.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2444/1


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


Commercial crew's critical year
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NASA's commercial crew program is facing an important year in 2014, as it selects one or more companies for the next phase of development. Jeff Foust reports on the budgetary pressures the program is facing and one company's redoubled efforts to remain a part of the program.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2443/1

Achieving cheap access to space: the foundation of commercialization (part 2)
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In the concluding section of his book excerpt, Charles Miller discusses how competition and public private partnerships, key to early aviation a century ago, can help the US achieve cheap access to space.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2442/1

A brief look at the legal and political implications of Japan's space debris removal plans
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Japan is planning to demonstrate in orbit in the coming weeks an electromagnetic tether that could be used to help remove space debris. Michael Listner examines some of the legal and political issues associated with that effort that could pose challenges as great as any technical ones.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2441/1

Celebrating space
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This week is a somber one for many in the space community, given the confluence of the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia anniversaries. Ken Murphy describes how the rest the the year offers more upbeat opportunities to commemorate and celebrate spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2440/1

Review: Wheels Stop
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Two and a half years after the end of the last Space Shuttle mission, the program is firmly in NASA's past, even if it still casts a shadow on the agency today. Jeff Foust reviews a book that examines the history of the Shuttle program post-Challenger, with interviews of many of the astronauts who flew on those missions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2439/1


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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