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


Boldly inspiring no more
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Fifty years ago this week, filming started on the original pilot for the television series "Star Trek", which became an inspiration for countless people who pursued careers in science and spaceflight. Dwayne Day wonders if there will be another series with the same cultural impact.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2648/1

Redux: It's time to rethink international space law
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The international space law landscape had been gradually changing over the last decade. Michael Listner reconsiders his first essay for this publication and argues that the era of the top-down approach to developing international space has passed.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2647/1

Crowdfunding a billion-dollar Moon mission
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Last week, a British company announced plans for a commercial lunar mission, which it plans to raise funding for primarily from the public. Jeff Foust reports on both the science of Lunar Mission One and its unusual crowdfunding approach.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2646/1

Space historiography at the handover (part 2)
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In the second part of his three-part essay, David Clow uses one famous Apollo mission as a example of the challenges facing both historians and the general public between what is true and what is believed to be true in space history.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2645/1

Review: Infinite Worlds
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It's been less than three and a half years since the end of the Space Shuttle program, but that program seems firmly rooted in the past today. Jeff Foust reviews a book that takes the reader back to that era, and one particular mission, though both words and photographs.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2644/1


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


Names in bottles: a new tool for exploration?
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It has become almost commonplace for space missions to offer to take with them the public's names or other digital items. Dan Lester wonder how effective this approach is for making the public feel like they're a part of space exploration.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2643/1

Almost astronauts
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Being an astronaut is a life-long aspiration for many, but what happens when you apply and just miss the final cut? Jeff Foust reports on how three people rebounded when their bids to fly in space fell short.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2642/1

Witnesses: Space historiography at the handover (part 1)
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This is a critical time for historians chronicling the early Space Age, as many of the key people from that era pass away. In the first of a multi-part article, David Clow examines this issue from the perspective of those who worked in mission control.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2641/1

Enhancing the field of exoplanetary research
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The search for, and study of, extrasolar planets is one of the hottest topics in astronomy, but one that is also not well coordinated among various participants. Thomas Godard and Daniel Long make the case for establishing an organization to help support exoplanet studies and reach out to broader communities about its work.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2640/1

Review: The Asteroid Threat
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Although asteroids are the subject of both scientific and commercial interest, they also pose a threat to the Earth, as the Chelyabinsk meteor reminded us in 2013. Jeff Foust reviews a book that argues that NASA in particular should do more to study and respond to this threat.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2639/1


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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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