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IEEE Spectrum June 2009 David A. Mindell	The End Of The Cult Of The Astronaut How do you justify human spaceflight?
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Popular Mechanics September 9, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking.
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Inc. July 2005 Alison Stein Wellner	Proving that You Have the Right Stuff A little-known, private digital imaging company called QuVIS landed a contract for the space shuttle Discovery's next mission.
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Geotimes September 2003 Fred Schwab	Manned Space Exploration: Should We Give it Up? Do the risks of sending humans into space justify the ends? Is it time to de-emphasize "astronaut science," and to concentrate instead on unmanned missions into space
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InternetNews July 13, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Discovery Launch to be Aired Online The STS-114 shuttle launch has been postponed, but Yahoo and Akamai have agreed to broadcast the entire 12-day mission live online.
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