From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Sep 12 2005 - 14:32:43 UTC
>From: jeff_at_thespacereview.com (Jeff Foust)
>Reply-To: jeff_at_thespacereview.com
>Subject: This Week in The Space Review - 2005 September 12
>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:40:23 -0600 (MDT)
>
>
>Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:
>
>The trouble with space stations
>---
>The International Space Station has proven to be a far more difficult
>project than its proponents -- and even some if its detractors --
>originally imagined. Jeff Foust reports on what a panel of experts
>thinks are the technical and managerial roots of the problems that
>affect the ISS and space stations in general.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/453/1
>
>NASA's Florida infrastructure: the next generation
>---
>As NASA embarks on the Vision for Space Exploration, it must not
>overlook critical ground-based infrastructure. Taylor Dinerman makes
>the case for replacing the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly
>Building.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/452/1
>
>The most important in situ resource is money
>---
>NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is all about
>fulfillment of space needs. Sam Dinkin argues NASA should be
>researching revenue sources.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/451/1
>
>Copernicus smiled
>---
>Planetary science is awakening to the realization that our solar
>system contains many more planets than any 20th century textbook ever
>envisioned. Alan Stern explains why this is not your father's solar
>system.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/450/1
>
>The Astrazoic Eon
>---
>We are at the beginning of an era when there are always people living
>off the Earth. Phil Smith discusses the significance of this and
>what is needed to firmly pull humanity off the surface of the Earth.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/449/1
>
>Letter: response to "SETI politics"
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>Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute responds to a recent article about
>the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, arguing that while
>interstellar travel is not infeasible, it is likely to only involve
>robots, not people.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/448/1
>
>
>
>If you missed it, here's what we published in our last issue:
>
>The hurricane and the vision
>---
>New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are still reeling from Hurricane
>Katrina, a storm that may have claimed thousands of lives and caused
>tens of billions of dollars in damage. Jeff Foust examines some of
>the short- and long-term consequences of this disaster on NASA, the
>shuttle program, and the Vision for Space Exploration.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/447/1
>
>TSAT: unobtainium urgently needed
>---
>The Defense Department is planning a new generational of
>"transformational" communications satellites that will provide the
>high-bandwidth communications military planners envision needing in
>the years to come. Taylor Dinerman cautions that the TSAT program,
>as currently proposed, might represent the wrong technical and
>operational approach.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/446/1
>
>Review: Gaia Selene
>---
>The need to settle the solar system has often been told in books, but
>less frequently in video. Douglas Jobes reviews the documentary
>"Gaia Selene", which makes the case for settling the Moon in order to
>save the Earth.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/445/1
>
>SETI politics
>---
>Supporters of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence have had
>to walk a fine line to avoid being lumped together with UFO fanatics.
>Gregory Anderson wonders if, in the process, SETI researchers have
>put themselves in a box regarding interstellar travel.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/444/1
>
>Advocating colonization
>---
>Why colonize the Moon, or anywhere else in the universe? Sam Dinkin
>writes that it's all about the children.
>http://www.thespacereview.com/article/443/1
>
>
>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_at_thespacereview.com
>
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