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Date: August 25, 2014 11:08:36 AM CDT
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


The Grand Tour finale: Neptune
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This week marks the 25th anniversary of Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune, completing the initial reconnaissance of the solar system's four large planets. Andrew LePage recounts the development of the "Grand Tour" that was topped off by the Neptune encounter.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2586/1

The unsettled launch industry
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Since the early 2000s, the commercial launch industry had been dominated by three companies. Now, Jeff Foust reports, those companies are facing serious challenges from new entrants, who themselves are dealing with issues of their own.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2585/1

Orbital manoeuvres in the dark: Apollo 11's UFO
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A new biography of Neil Armstrong offers an answer to a question raised by the Apollo 11 mission: what was the flashing light astronauts reported seeing trailing their spacecraft on the way to the Moon? Dwayne Day examines if that answer makes sense.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2584/1

The downhill slide of NASA's "rocket to nowhere"
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A GAO report last month argued that NASA's Space Launch System faces serious cost and schedule risks. Rick Boozer argues that this is the latest sign that the heavy-lift rocket is doomed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2583/1

An outer space solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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This week, the presidents of Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in an effort to resolve the crisis between those two nations. Vid Beldavs suggests that the two nations should set aside their differences and work with the EU and others on major space projects instead.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2582/1


Note: Due to the Labor Day holiday, next week's issue will be published on Tuesday, September 2.


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


The cosmos in a cornfield
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When it comes to space museums, people most likely think of the National Air and Space Museum or one of the NASA visitor centers. Dwayne Day describes the impressive collection of artifacts that can be found in a museum located right in the middle of the country.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2581/1

Alternative propulsion concepts power debate
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New propulsion technologies that promise to greatly reduce travel times would seem to be universally welcomed, but such concepts often get mired in debates about their feasibility. Jeff Foust reports on developments involving a couple of different proposals that have either been treated as revolutionary advances or dismissed as ineffective or even impossible.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2580/1

India's SAARC satellite proposal: a boost to a multilateral space agenda
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India's new prime minister recently proposed that India collaborate with other South Asian nations on a joint satellite program. Ajey Lele examines the potential benefits of such cooperation and how to best implement it.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2579/1

Review: Why Mars
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It's been nearly half a century since NASA first sent a spacecraft past the planet Mars. Jeff Foust reviews a book that offers a programmatic history of NASA's robotic Mars exploration effort, highlighting the ups and downs from the early Mariners through Curiosity and beyond.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2578/1


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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