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Date: October 28, 2013 4:33:14 PM CDT
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:



Working in the shadows: Phil Pressel and the Hexagon spy camera
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For more than four decades, Phil Pressel could tell no one outside of his co-workers -- not even his wife -- what he did. With that veil of secrecy now lifted, he describes to Roger Guillemette and Dwayne Day his work with the camera on the Hexagon reconnaissance satellite.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2392/1

A new launch vehicle that lofts, rather that lifts off
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Most people associate a launch vehicle with a rocket, but that's not necessarily the case. Jeff Foust reports on a new venture that plans high-altitude passenger balloon flights with a system newly classified as a launch vehicle by the FAA.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2391/1

Space security: possible options for India
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The importance of space-based services and the threats they face have more countries thinking about how to improve space security. Ajey Lele offers some proposals tailored to the space security needs of India.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2390/1

Review: COMETS!
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In the next few weeks, Comet ISON may dazzle the night skies -- or it may fizzle out. Jeff Foust reviews a book that offers a historical overview of our studies of comets as well as tips for observing them.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2389/1



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


The trouble with being virtual
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The concept of "virtual" participation, be it of meetings or in space exploration, is often seen as less than full physical participation. Dan Lester argues that telepresence and other virtual exploration concepts are just as real as being there in person.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2388/1

Commercial spaceflight weathers the shutdown
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While most of NASA went on hiatus dring the government shutdown earlier this month, commercial space companies managed, for the most part, to continue their launch vehicle and spacecraft development efforts. Jeff Foust reports on orbital and suborbital vehicle updates from last week's ISPCS conference.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2387/1

Russian on Space: an interview with Anatoly Zak
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In "Russia in Space", journalist Anatoly Zak describe the post-Soviet space program. Dwayne Day interviews Zak about writing the book and related issues regarding Russia's space program.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2386/1

The public's views on human spaceflight
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As part of its study of the US human spaceflight program, a committee of the National  Academies issued a call for white papers this summer on various key issues. Jeff Foust examines the broad range of papers submitted and the themes they offered for what the US should do in space and how.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2385/1


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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