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66 Engaging the private sector in
space exploration
Fostering open technology innovation in low Earth orbit
Bernhard Hufenbach
, ESA Directorate of Human
Spaceflight & Robotic Exploration, ESTEC, Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
SPACE SCIENCE
72 Europe needs facility to handle extra-
terrestrial space material
Project offers Europe potential to be more involved in
sample return missions
Aurore Hutzler & Ludovic Ferriere
, Natural History
Museum, Vienna, Austria
76 Science searches for cosmic company
The discovery of alien life – if it exists – is now more
likely than ever before
Seth Shostak
, SETI Institute, Mountain View,
California, USA
80 Telescope targets enigmatic deep spacemystery
Trying to solve the question of the Lorimer fast radio burst
Manisha Caleb
, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia
84 Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
The importance of double-star systems in the circle
of galactic life
Robert G. Izzard
, Institute of Astronomy, University of
Cambridge, UK
Orsola De Marco
, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
OPINION
90 Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
The importance of protecting the Moon’s first landing sites
Michelle L.D. Hanlon
, ABH Aerospace, LLC, New York, USA
Roy Balleste
, ABH Aerospace, LLC, Florida, USA
94 Call for Australia to head back into space
Is it time for a evolutionary change in the Australian
space industry?
Duncan Blake
, University of Adelaide, Australia
SPACE LOUNGE
98 Australia’s unique space history
Space sites and museums offer timely insight into
Australia’s space heritage
Kerrie Dougherty
, curator and space historian
102 Space for art
The inspiration that comes through the integration of
art, science and space
Nicole Stott
, astronaut, artist and sci/art advocate
106 Panoramas from the surface of the Moon
Evocative views of the lunar surface fromApollo astronauts
Mike Constantine
, Designer, London, UK
BOOK REVIEWS
110 Book reviews
Looking at some of the latest space and astronomy titles
Mark Williamson
, Space Technology Consultant,
Cumbria, UK
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