New SpaceVol. 10, No. 3 EditorialFree AccessLetter to ReadersKen DavidianKen DavidianEditorially yours, Ken Davidian, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, New Space E-mail Address: newspace.eic@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:13 Sep 2022https://doi.org/10.1089/space.2022.29044.kdAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Dear New Space Readers,New Space is dynamic, and I want to tell you about two important dimensions of change I am very excited about: size (of publication) and organizational partnerships.Regarding publication size, New Space is currently bursting at the seams with publishable content and our original allotment of printed pages per volume became constraining. The past two issues of New Space were phenomenal special issues focusing on the new space movement in India and In Situ Research Utilization (guest edited by Dr Narayan Prasad and Dr Kevin Cannon, respectively). Both issues were larger than average so our remaining issues for 2022 will be smaller than average (thereby respecting the economic constraint of page limits set by our publisher).While putting together these two special issues, New Space accumulated a backlog of article to publish in print. All submissions are published online as soon as they pass their reviews and are accepted. We appreciate the patience shown by the authors with the amount of time required to get them in hardcopy. The bright side of this backlog is that it factored into the publisher's decision to increase the number of printed pages per year allotted to our publication. New Space is growing in pages of printed material in the following way: From 4 issues at 64 pages each for a total of 256 pages in Volumes 1–9 (2013–2021),now currently at 4 issues at 84 pages each for a total of 336 pages for Volume 10 (2022),to 6 issues at 56 pages each for a total of 336 pages starting with Volume 11 (2023).Even as our physical growth is obvious and exciting, even more exciting (and dynamic) the second dimension of change I would like to highlight, the push to increase the number of organizational partnerships. Unfortunately, our primary partnership with the FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST) ended, not for any nefarious or interesting reason, but simply because the center came to the natural conclusion of its existence. COE CST officially ceased to exist on August 19, 2022 and all its members, sponsors, beneficiaries, and partners are sad to see it go (including New Space). I will keep you posted regarding the status of future partnerships and hopefully you will see new logos appearing on the front covers of future issues. If any reader represents an organization interested in developing a relationship with New Space and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, please do not hesitate to contact me.Finally, as of August 31, 2022, I retired from my career as a civil servant in the U.S. government, thereby providing me more opportunity to continue my New Space and other commercial space-related activities.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 10Issue 3Sep 2022 InformationCopyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Ken Davidian.Letter to Readers.New Space.Sep 2022.239-239.http://doi.org/10.1089/space.2022.29044.kdPublished in Volume: 10 Issue 3: September 13, 2022Online Ahead of Print:August 3, 2022PDF download