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


EELV's era of transition
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The US Air Force announced recently a "bulk buy" of EELV rockets from United Launch Alliance that it claims will save the government billions of dollars. Stewart Money argues that such savings may prove elusive and that the government's EELV strategy should be reconsidered given the rise of new entrants like SpaceX.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2455/1

Who framed Jade Rabbit?
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For a time last week, Western media widely reported that China's Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit," lunar rover had died, only to have officials sources state that the rover was alive, if not completely well. Jeff Foust examines both the faults in the erroneous media coverage and the lack of official information about the mission.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2454/1

"The All-American Boy": Walt Cunningham speaks on Apollo 7 and more
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He may have flown only once in space, but Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham remains one of the better-known figures of that era and beyond. Shane Hannon interviews Cunningham about both Apollo 7 and more contemporary topics, including his thoughts on the future of human space exploration.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2453/1

Review: The Martian
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There have been, over the years, many science fiction stories of human Mars mission gone awry. Jeff Foust reviews a new book that offers a different but compelling take on that, a "hard" science fiction story of one astronaut's quest to survive after being left behind on Mars.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2452/1


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


A decadal survey for human scientific exploration of space: a focus on discovery
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Winning broad support for human space exploration efforts, be they to the Moon, asteroids, or Mars, has long been challenging. Matt Greenhouse argues its time for human spaceflight at NASA to adopt the approach for choosing missions that has generated considerable success for the agency's science programs.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2451/1

Balancing safety and cost in commercial human spaceflight
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As companies develop commercial spacecraft to carry private citizens and NASA astronauts on suborbital and orbital flights, some worry that safety could be sacrificed to lower costs. Jeff Foust reports on the debate regarding NASA's commercial crew effort and a proposal to extend a "learning period" for commercial providers that limits FAA regulation.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2450/1

Why not return to the Moon? (part 2)
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In the second part of his examination of the future of lunar exploration, Anthony Young looks at a new NASA initiative to support commercial robotic lunar landers and the role it could play in stimulating later human missions back to the Moon.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2449/1

Review: X-15
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This year, rocket-powered winged vehicles will be flying in the skies above the Mojave Desert, as two commercial ventures test their vehicles. Jeff Foust reviews a book that looks back a half century to a time when another rocketplane flew as high, and far faster, in those same skies.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2448/1


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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