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


How the new SLS engine contract is a step in the wrong direction
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NASA announced last week a contract with Aerojet Rocketdyne to make an expendable version of the RS-25 engine for future Space Launch System missions. Gerald Black argues that, with the recent developments in reusability by others in the industry, developing expendable engines and rockets is unwise.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2875/1

Expanding the space industry
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While the space industry generates several hundred billion dollars in revenue a year, it's still small compared to many other industries. Jeff Foust describes how a recent conference attempted to make connections between space and some other industries to help the space industry grow.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2874/1

Financing space companies in an age of complexity
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Companies in the commercial space industry, among others, can find it difficult to raise the money they need to build their businesses. Eric Hedman offers a potential solution that takes advantage of provisions in existing law, with some changes, to provide companies with a new source of investment.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2873/1

Blue Origin sticks the landing
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Last week, Blue Origin made another successful test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, this time flying to an altitude of 100 kilometers and successfully landing the vehicle's propulsion module under rocket power. Jeff Foust reports on the implications of the successful test, and the reaction it got from the head of another company in the field.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2872/1


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


Suborbital research makes a comeback
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Several years ago suborbital research using a new generation of commercial suborbital vehicles appeared to be upon us, but delays in those vehicles' development caused interest to wane. Now, both companies and advocates argue, it's time for another look, as at least one company's vehicle soon plans to start flying experiments.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2871/1

Mars and the transport revolution
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While the solar system is filled with resources that could solve humanity's problems, effectively accessin them remains a major hurdle. Frank Stratford examines the transportation obstacles that need to be overcome, and the role Mars plays in enabling advances in spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2870/1

Pluto and the gap beyond
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Earlier this month, New Horizons scientists discussed the latest results from July's Pluto flyby at a planetary science conference. Jeff Foust reports on the surprising results presented at the meeting, which also featured concerns about the long-term future of exploration of the outer solar system.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2869/1

Review: The Hunt for Vulcan
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One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein destroyed a planet -- a hypothetical one, conjured up to explain a puzzle of Newtonian mechanics. Jeff Foust reviews a book that described how astronomers thought another planet existed close to the Sun, only to have it wiped away by a new paradigm of physics.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2868/1


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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
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Until next week,

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