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Space Digest - January 16, 2025







Space Ops: Prospects For Safe Space Grow More Challenging

by  Robert Wall
The Department of the Air Force, in a report released Jan. 13 that looks at its future, paints a picture of space as becoming a cold or potentially hot battlefield.


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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Opossum Fetuses May Yield Zero-G Data On Weightlessness
by  Aviation Week Network Staff
Biomodule spacecraft designed to orbit 24 opossum fetuses in a controllable low-gravity environment had been proposed to the Air Force as a quick means of gaining a relatively large volume of experimental data on weightlessness. We reported in our January 18, 1965 issue about why opossums would be appropriate for this experiment.
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