NASA in the world
Subtitle: fifty years of international collaboration in space
By: John Krige, Angelina Long Callahan, and Ashok Maharaj
Contributors: Callahan, Angelina Long, 1981-; Maharaj, Ashok, 1975-
Series: Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781137340917; 9781137340924
Subjects: International cooperation; United States; Astronautics; Exploration; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; History
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."--Publisher description.
Notes: "This work was supported by NASA Contract No. NNH07CC56C"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Fifty years of NASA and the world / John Krige; title: Ch. 1. Introduction and historical overview: NASA's international relations in space; title: Part II. NASA and Western Europe / John Krige; title: Ch. 2. NASA, space science, and Western Europe; title: Ch. 3. Technology transfer with Western Europe: NASA-ELDO relations in the 1960s; title: Ch. 4. European participation in the Post-Apollo program, 1969-1970: the Paine years; title: Ch. 5. European participation in the post-Apollo program. 1971: the United States begins to have second thoughts and so do the Europeans; title: Ch. 6. European participation in the post-Apollo program, 1972: disentangling the alliance, the victory of clean technological interfaces; title: Part III. NASA and the Soviet Union/Russia / Angelina Long Callahan; title: Ch. 7. Sustaining Soviet-American collaboration, 1957-1989; title: Ch. 8. Russian-American cooperation in space: privatization, remuneration, and collective security; title: Part IV. NASA and emerging space powers / Ashok Maharaj; title: Ch. 9. An overview of NASA-Japan relations from pencil rockets to the International Space Station; title: Ch. 10. NASA and the politics of delta launch vehicle technology transfer to Japan; title: Ch. 11. An overview of NASA-India relations; title: Ch. 12. Satellite broadcasting in rural India: the SITE Project; title: Part V. Into the twenty-first century / John Krige; title: Ch. 13. Space collaboration today: the ISS; title: Ch. 14. The impact of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; title: Ch. 15. Conclusion.