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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction and Historical Overview: NASA’s International Relations in Space....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
NASA, Space Science, and Western Europe....Pages 23-49
Technology Transfer with Western Europe: NASA-ELDO Relations in the 1960s....Pages 51-64
European Participation in the Post-Apollo Program, 1969–1970: The Paine Years....Pages 65-88
European Participation in the Post-Apollo Program, 1971: The United States Begins to Have Second Thoughts—And So Do the Europeans....Pages 89-111
European Participation in the Post-Apollo Program, 1972: Disentangling the Alliance—The Victory of Clean Technological Interfaces....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Sustaining Soviet-American Collaboration, 1957–1989....Pages 127-151
Russian-American Cooperation in Space: Privatization, Remuneration, and Collective Security....Pages 153-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
An Overview of NASA-Japan Relations from Pencil Rockets to the International Space Station....Pages 185-195
NASA and the Politics of Delta Launch Vehicle Technology Transfer to Japan....Pages 197-210
An Overview of NASA-India Relations....Pages 211-234
Satellite Broadcasting in Rural India: The SITE Project....Pages 235-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Space Collaboration Today: The ISS....Pages 249-265
The Impact of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations....Pages 267-277
Conclusion....Pages 279-282
Back Matter....Pages 283-353