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


Making the case for space science as a national priority
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Planetary and other space scientists are facing continuing challenges to win federal funding to suport their missions and other research. Jason Callahan examines the history of federal R&D funding and the lessons it offers to scientists seeking increased NASA funding.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2638/1

Destination Deimos (part 2)
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In their conclusion of a two-part examination of an alternative Mars mission architecture, James S. Logan and Daniel R. Adamo describe how a spacecraft could be developed to transport humans to the Martian moon of Deimos and back, and be flown again.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2637/1

Moving beyond the accidents
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As the investigations into the Antares and SpaceShipTwo accidents continue, both Orbital Sciences and Virgin Galactic are looking how to get their efforts back on track. Jeff Foust reports on their plans and looks at which company has the most at stake.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2636/1

Gravity's rainbow
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The success of last year's hot movie "Gravity" appears to have inspired a range of other movies and television shows about spaceflight. Dwayne Day reviews what's on the manifest, and what's been scrubbed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2635/1

Government and commercial space: an essential partnership
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The recent Antares and SpaceShipTwo launch failures have raised questions from some quarters about NASA's reliance on commercial space ventures. Louis Friedman argues that both sides need each other today.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2634/1

"Interstellar" versus interplanetary
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The movie "Interstellar" has attracted diverging reviews: some believe it's one of the great sci-fi films of all time, while others find it disappointing. Jeff Foust wonders about one little-appreciated aspect of the film: why it needed to be "interstellar" at all.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2633/1


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


The importance for commercial spaceflight to recover and respond
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The commercial space industry was hit by two major accidents last week, including one that cost one test pilot his life. Jeff Foust reviews what's currently known about the accidents, and what the industry needs to do to recover and respond in the face of current and likely future criticism.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2632/1

Destination Deimos (part 1)
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Sending humans to Mars is at the limits of what is feasible in space exploration given current technical capabilities and the various challenges such missions face. James S. Logan and Daniel R. Adamo, in the first of a two-part article, make the argument that going not to Mars itself but instead one of its moons is a more viable approach.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2631/1

A spaceport in limbo
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Last month, officials in New Mexico were optimistic that the long wait for Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo flights at the state's custom-built commercial spaceport might be nearing an end. As Jeff Foust reports, Friday's accident puts those plans, and the future of Spaceport America itself, on hold.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2630/1

Review: You Are Here
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Chris Hadfield won fame during his time on the International Space Station in large part through the images of Earth he shared through social media. Jeff Foust reviews a book where Hadfield offers a selection of those images, thoughtfully presented.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2629/1


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We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so
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Until next week,

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