世界上美国宇航局:五十年的国际合作空间
NASA in the World: Fifty Years of International Collaboration in Space
By John Krige, Angelina Long Callahan, Ashok Maharaj 2013 | 372 Pages |ISBN: 1137340924 , 1137340916 | PDF | 3 MB
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is typically thought ofin national terms - as an American initiative developed specifically to competewith the Soviet Union. Yet, from its inception, NASA was mandated not only tosustain US leadership in space, but also to pursue international collaboration.Since that time, it has participated in over four thousand internationalprojects. Drawing on unprecedented access to agency archives and personnel,this definitive study explores US-Soviet cooperation during the darkest days ofthe Cold War, relations with Western Europe, India, and Japan, the developmentof the International Space Station, and many other aspects of scientific andtechnological collaboration, making it a signal contribution to space studiesand international diplomatic history.
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