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



What's in a code? Putting space development first
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While a code of conduct for outer space activities has the backing of governments in the Europe and the US, there's less support of the proposed code among Asian governments. Peter Garretson examines what issues are impeding the code in Asia and how a greater emphasis on space development could garner greater support for it there.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2487/1

Symbolism and substance in US-Russian space relations
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NASA made headlines last week when it announced it was suspending cooperation with Russia, with the notable and very large exception of International Space Station operations. Jeff Foust examines how much of an effect that ban will really have versus its symbolic effect in an era of tense US-Russian relations.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2486/1

Competing forums: an asteroid or the Moon?
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While some people believe that the next destination for humans beyond Earth orbit should be a return to the Moon, NASA is working instead on a human mission to a captured near Earth asteroid. Tom Chinick discusses how advancing capabilities in the commercial sector could allow human exploration and development of both.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2485/1

Dennis Tito's "Spaceship to Everywhere" may be a dead-end for NASA
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Dennis Tito, the former space tourist now backing a proposal for a human Mars flyby mission, recently spoke out in favor of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion to carry out that and other missions. Rick Boozer argues that flaws with SLS/Orion could doom its use for Inspiration Mars and more.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2484/1

Europa on the cheap
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NASA's 2015 budget proposal included, for the first time, a small amount of funding to support studies of a proposed mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Jeff Foust reports that while NASA leadership may finally be warming to a mission that already has support among many in the scientific community as well as in Congress, it's also seeking ways to do that mission less expensively.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2483/1


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


After a year, NASA's asteroid mission still seeks definition
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Last April, NASA unveiled plan to redirect an asteroid into lunar orbit to be visited by astronauts, a plan that was criticized for some for the lack of details. Jeff Foust reports that, nearly a year later, NASA is refining those plans, but still faces critics of the proposed mission on Capitol Hill.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2482/1

Prospects for the Indian human spaceflight program
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the first Indian astronaut, Rakesh Sharma. Gurbir Singh examines the prospects for India's own human spaceflight program after many years of waiting for someone to follow Sharma.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2481/1

If at first you don't succeed... (part 2)
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In part 2 of his look back at early Soviet planetary missions, Andrew LePage recounts what happened to the fleet of Mars and Venus missions launched by the USSR in the latter half of 1962.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2480/1

Review: Marketing the Moon
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Humanity's first missions to the Moon, 45 years ago, might seem like such a historic milestone that there would be no need for help publicizing it. Jeff Foust reviews a book that explains not only why such publicity efforts were necessary, but how NASA, industry, and the media carried them out.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2479/1


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We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so
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interest, please email me.

Until next week,

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