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From: jeff@thespacereview.com (Jeff Foust)
Date: December 22, 2014 at 4:05:05 PM CST
Subject: This Week in The Space Review - 2014 December 22
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:
India's heavy-lift rocket and crew module milestones: which is more important?
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Last week, India achieved two major milestones in a single test flight: the first test of a new, more powerful launch vehicle, and the suborbital test of a spacecraft that could later be used for crewed missions. Ajey Lele describes those achievements and discusses why one is more important than the other.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2667/1
Deferred decision
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Last week as supposed to be the week where NASA decided between two options for the robotic portion of its Asteroid Redirect Mission. But as Jeff Foust reports, NASA officials decided they needed more time to evaluate the differences between the two.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2666/1
What is Orion's technological significance?
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The test earlier this month of NASA's Orion spacecraft on the EFT-1 mission was hailed as a major test of many of the spacecraft's key technologies. Anthony Young examines those technologies, not all of which are brand new, that are essential to the spacecraft.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2665/1
Dead trees live!
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Even as Internet publications and ebooks proliferate, there's still a role for print books, including those about space. Dwayne Day rounds up some of the more interesting space-related books published in the past year, including those that take particular advantage of the print medium.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2664/1
Note: The Space Review will not publish the week of December 29. The next issue will be January 5, 2015. Happy Holidays!
If you missed it, here's what we published in our previous issue:
Cleaning up space junk
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Although current efforts to deal with space debris have focused on limiting the growth of new objects, some argue it's time to focus on actively removing debris objects. Jeff Foust recaps the discussion on this topic at a recent conference, including the technical, legal, and financial obstacles such efforts face.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2663/1
From Michigan to the Moon
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Al Worden is one of only 24 humans in history to have flown to the Moon. Shane Hannon sat down with the former test pilot and NASA astronaut during a recent visit to Ireland to discuss his remarkable life.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2662/1
Of budgets past and future
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Last week Congress finally wrapped up a fiscal year 2015 spending bill, one that provides NASA with $18 billion. Jeff Foust reports that while the bill is largely good news for many key NASA programs, the agency still faces uncertainties about those programs, and its long-term fiscal future.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2661/1
Review: The New Moon
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Although not part of NASA's human exploration plans, many other nations, and companies, are interested in a return to the Moon. Jeff Foust reviews a book that attempts to make a case for humans on the Moon based on both science and policy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2660/1
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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