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Dark Sky Insight has begun its second year in production, and the Winter 2007 issue serves up another collection of fine articles by the members of the Our Dark Skies community. See the Pleiades, Crab Nebula, and many other deep-sky delights as Michael Wall provides his tour of two major constellations best seen this time of year, Taurus and Gemini. Jon Zander continues his discussions about NASA's proposed new missions to the moon and his visit to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. DeWayne Bartels shares his thoughts on the new space race and the often-discussed topic about the possibility of finding life on Mars. Learn the contributions of one of astronomy's most important historical figures, Johannes Kepler, in a report by Vincent J. Petaccio. ODS member Lon K. Shelton provides his feedback in this issue's member spotlight and shares a collection of his favorite astrophotos.