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


Commercial crew and commercial engines
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Last week, NASA made its long-awaited announcements about the companies that will develop commercial crew transportation systems. Jeff Foust reports that this announcement had to share the spotlight with a surprise commercial partnership that could affect the future of space launch.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2605/1

The ASTEROIDS Act and hearing:  some observations on international obligations
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Earlier this month, a House Science Committee hearing examined legislation that would grant some types of property rights to space resources. Charles Stotler explores some of the international space law issues associated with that bill.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2604/1

In space no one can hear you sigh
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The cover story of the latest issue of "Newsweek" claims to tell newly-revealed stories about the US-USSR Space Race. Dwayne Day notes that these stories aren't that new or properly told.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2603/1

Are solar power satellites sitting ducks for orbital debris?
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Proliferation of orbital debris could have adverse effects not just on existing spacecraft but future ones as well. Three authors examine some of the technical and other solutions needed for cleaning up orbital debris that are essential to making applications like space-based solar power possible.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2602/1

Review: The Edge of the Sky
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How small of a vocabulary can you use to describe the universe? Jeff Foust reviews a book that attempts, with mixed success, to do so with only the one thousand most common words in the English language.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2601/1



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


Getting the rules right: LEO as an economic development region
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NASA has taken some steps to support the growth of the commercial space industry through measures like commercial cargo and crew development. Mary Lynne Dittmar examines what else governments can, and can't, do to further enhance the commercial development of low Earth orbit.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2600/1

Ugly little gem: The Teal Ruby satellite
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An experimental military satellite called Teal Ruby is now on display at a museum, a quarter-century after it was cancelled. Dwayne Day explores the troubled history of a satellite that at one time represented many of the worst attributes of the military space bureaucracy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2599/1

Another wakeup call for the Cape Canaveral Spaceport
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Last month, SpaceX announced it would establish a commercial launch site in Texas that will support many of the commercial satellite launches it currently performs from Cape Canaveral. Edward Ellegood enumerates a series of concerns commercial entities have about launching from the Cape.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2598/1

Schedule slips raise alarms about NASA's exploration program
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NASA celebrated milestones in the development of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion last week, even as recent reviews and comments suggested those programs' schedules may be slipping. Jeff Foust reports on the potential delays facing SLS and Orion and how Congress may respond.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2597/1

Project Upward: hauling the NRO's GAMBIT to the Moon
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In the 1960s NASA and the intelligence community explored the potential use of reconnaissance satellite technology to help map potential Apollo landing sites on the Moon. Philip Horzempa reviews what we know about the program thanks to some recently declassified information.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2596/1


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Until next week,

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