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NASA in the World: Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space

By John Krige , Angelina Long Callahan , Ashok Maharaj

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2013
ISBN
1137340924, 9781137340924
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3107512 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Pages
372\373
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-06-06 00:16:24

Description

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is typically thought of in national terms - as an American initiative developed specifically to compete with the Soviet Union. Yet, from its inception, NASA was mandated not only to sustain US leadership in space, but also to pursue international collaboration. Since that time, it has participated in over four thousand international projects. Drawing on unprecedented access to agency archives and personnel, this definitive study explores US-Soviet cooperation during the darkest days of the Cold War, relations with Western Europe, India, and Japan, the development of the International Space Station, and many other aspects of scientific and technological collaboration, making it a signal contribution to space studies and international diplomatic history.

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