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


Tolerance for testing
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On Saturday, SpaceX attempted to land a Falcon 9 first stage on a ship, and while coming close, was widely considered in the media to have failed that test. Jeff Foust examines whether the public and the media need a better understanding of, and appreciation for, aerospace flight test and what constitutes success and failure.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2676/1

Encouraging private investment in space: does the current space law regime have to be changed? (part 2)
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Jonathan Babcock concludes his two-part examination of property rights in space by examining several options for protecting private investment in space, in some cases without major changes to existing space treaties.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2675/1

Two astronomy missions back from the brink
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Two major NASA astronomy projects, the Kepler space telescope and SOFIA airborne observatory, had been facing early ends for technical and fiscal reasons. Jeff Foust reports from a major astronomy conference how both have managed to continue their missions even with tightened budgets.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2674/1

Better than the real thing
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Museums often desire to show real flight hardware, but often have to settle with replicas, trainers, and other test articles associated with spaceflight. Jeff Foust visits one museum to find that, sometimes, such items have benefits that flown hardware doesn't.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2673/1


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


In with the new, and the old
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The new year is a time for new beginnings for many, but in the space industry there is a lot of leftover issues from 2014 to deal with first. Jeff Foust reports on some of the topics, from a contract protest to accident investigations to a test of reusability, on tap for early 2015.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2672/1

A tale of two Martins
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Did a little-known space vehicle concept from the early 1960s inspire a science fiction author? John Charles examines the similarities between that vehicle concept and a vehicle from the film "Marooned".
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2671/1

The X-37B program: an American exercise in the Art of War?
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While the Air Force has been tightlipped about the missions of its X-37 robotic spaceplane, there's been no shortage of speculation about its purpose. Michael Listner discusses if the Air Force is deliberately encouraging that speculation as par tof a broader strategy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2670/1

Encouraging private investment in space: does the current space law regime have to be changed? (part 1)
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Many space commercialization advocates have argued for a change in space law in order to provide property rights for entities wishing to use the Moon or asteroids. Jonathan Babcock, in the first of a two-part essay, explores whether such wholesale changes are needed to provide such protections.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2669/1

Review: Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
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Science and religion often seem in conflict with one another. Jeff Foust reviews a book by two Vatican Observatory scientists that use several astronomy topics to examine if that is really the case.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2668/1


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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