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


CubeSats to Mars and beyond
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As CubeSats take on an wider range of missions in Earth orbit, some are looking at how such small spacecraft could be used on interplanetary missions. Jeff Foust reports on those efforts discussed at a recent conference, from serving as a communications relay for a Mars lander mission to being Mars landers themselves.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2814/1

Second horizon
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Long before New Horizons lifted off on its mission to Pluto, the project team was proposing the development of a second, similar spacecraft. Dwayne Day discusses that proposal and what happened to it at NASA and in the halls of Congress.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2813/1

Major unfinished business in the the US space program
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With less than 18 months left in the current Presidential administration, some argue there's little chance of major new space initiatives from the White House in that time. However, Vid Beldavs, in an open letter to the President, asks him to support a new emphasis on lunar exploration in cooperation with international and commercial partners.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2812/1

The risks of Mars
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Many people consider a human mission to Mars with trepidation given the risks involved, including the potential loss of life. Frank Stratford argues that humanity needs to accept and even embrace those risks, given the much greater benefits such missions offer.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2811/1

Review: Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo
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The history of the Apollo program has been told time and time again, often using the same familiar set of images. Jeff Foust reviews a book that, like a similar one on Mercury and Gemini, dips into archives for some rare glimpses of those missions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2810/1


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


Red planet rumble
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During the annual Mars Society conference last week, the CEO of Mars One and a member of his technical team debated two critics of the one-way venture from MIT. Dwayne Day recaps the event, which exposed a lack of detail in Mars One's technical plans.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2809/1

The unnatural selection of planetary missions
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The process of sorting through dozens of proposals for NASA missions is a thankless job for an anonymous group of reviewers. Ralph Lorenz explains the challenges involved with developing and reviewing mission proposals.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2808/1

A funding breakthrough for SETI
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Efforts in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence got a boost last month when a Russian billionaire pledged $100 million over ten years for SETI projects. Jeff Foust reports what that $100 million means for SETI projects and who might be left out, at least for now.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2807/1

Harnessing "The Martian"
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In October, the film version of the bestselling book "The Martian" hits theaters. Rick Zucker and Chris Carberry discuss how space advocates can use the release of the film about a fictional human Mars mission to build support for the real thing.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2806/1

Apollo 13 splashes down in Oshkosh
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Forty-five years after their dramatic mission, the two surviving members of the Apollo 13 crew joined two others involved with the mission at the EAA AirVenture show last month. Eric Hedman describes their presentation on the mission, and what the famous movie got wrong.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2805/1


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Until next week,

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