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


The aftermath of a launch failure
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On Sunday, SpaceX suffered the first failure of its Falcon 9 rocket in 19 launches, losing a Dragon cargo spacecraft bound for the ISS. Jeff Foust reports on what's known about the failure and its implications for the company, the space station, and broader space policy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2780/1

Untangling the knot: fix Congress, pioneer space
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Developing a coherent, sustainable space policy in the US is made challenging by changing administrations and a Congress often stuck in partisan gridlock. Clark Cohen describes how an alternative approach to congressional representation could end that gridlock and help space policy.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2779/1

Way out there in The Black: orbiting Pluto
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In just over two weeks, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will speed past Pluto in the first spacecraft reconnaissance of that distant world. Dwayne Day describes an ambitious mission concept from the 1980s to send a nuclear-powered orbiter, with landers, to Pluto.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2778/1

Review: The Nazis Next Door
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The coverup, and later investigations, into Nazi scientists who found refuge in the United States after World War II remains controversial. Michael Neufeld reviews a book that examines the roles Nazi scientists and engineers played in America after the war, including two involved in the space program.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2777/1


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


The ups and downs of smallsat constellations
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There is growing interest in developing constellations of smallsats for a variety of missions, with new concepts appearing regularly. Jeff Foust reports on some of the challenges these ventures face both in launching those satellites and dealing with orbital debris risks.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2776/1

Space deterrence: a response
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The issue of the role deterrence plays in protecting space assets has been the subject of debate in military policy circles. Roger G. Harrison and Deron R. Jackson respond to a recent essay here to defend their concept of a multi-layered approach to space deterrence.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2775/1

The myth of "what might have been" in space
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Many space advocates lament that the US did not act upon the plans for long-term space exploration proposed as Apollo achieved its lunar landing goal. Alastair Browne argues that there's little need to regret that path not taken, since the nation would not have traveled far down it.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2774/1

Review: The Ordinary Spaceman
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Astronauts comprise an elite group, and it's hard to think of any of them as ordinary. Jeff Foust reviews a book by a self-described "ordinary" astronaut whose details about life as an astronaut, in space and on Earth, are far from ordinary.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2773/1


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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