International Cooperation in Space

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"Space development and exploration have been a major global effort over the last thirty-five years. Bonnet and Manno's book describes the significant role of Europe in that effort and the technological, economic, and geopolitical factors involved. This book will make an important contribution to the literature." —Burton I. Edelson, George Washington University
Also available from the Frontiers of Space series:
Rockets into Space
Frank Winter
"An authoritative guidebook for all who are interested in the history of the development of the modem launch vehicle. It surveys the history, current development, and possible future of space boosters, from the work of the pioneers to the complex events of the last three decades."
—José Olivarez, Strolling Observer: Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
Planet Earth The View from Space
D. James Baker
A timely, well-illustrated introduction to Earth-observing satellite technology for the nonspecialist and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Space development and exploration have been a major global effort over the last thirty-five years. Bonnet and Manno's book describes the significant role of Europe in that effort and the technological, economic, and geopolitical factors involved. This book will make an important contribution to the literature." —Burton I. Edelson, George Washington University
Also available from the Frontiers of Space series:
Rockets into Space
Frank Winter
"An authoritative guidebook for all who are interested in the history of the development of the modem launch vehicle. It surveys the history, current development, and possible future of space boosters, from the work of the pioneers to the complex events of the last three decades."
—José Olivarez, Strolling Observer: Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
Planet Earth The View from Space
D. James Baker
A timely, well-illustrated introduction to Earth-observing satellite technology for the nonspecialist and specialist alike. It distills complex information that is otherwise available only in the technical literature. For those who follow space research, it will prove an indispensable guide.
Space Commerce
John L. McLucas
John McLucas, Chairman of NASA's Advisory Council, follows private enterprise's unsteady rise to prominence as a major influence on world space policy and research and offers a sober assessment of the technological accomplishments and the challenges that lie ahead. In addition to examining such topics as space laboratories, communications services, life science experiments, and product development, he also illuminates the economic and political impact of space commerce. j^g,^ D-bTM-Msaas-M
International Cooperation in Space
The Example of the European Space Agency
Roger M. Bonnet and Vittorio Manno
With the end of the Cold War, will the space race become a cooperative venture? This book, which tells the story of the European Space Agency, shows how such a cooperative enterprise has worked over the past three decades and how it might apply to future space science.
Linking fifteen European nations, the European Space Agency offers a working model of scientific, technological, and political cooperation on an international scale. Roger M. Bonnet and Vittorio Manno give us an insiders' view of the agency—its beginnings as the European Space Research Organization, its development in the face of early difficulties, and its daily operations. Covering thirty years, this account traces the evolution of ES^fe programs, facilities, and capabilities and the estabhshment of its scientific, technological, industrial, and political poUcies and objectives. With an eye to future global space activities, the authors detail ESA's relationships with its own member states and with other countries, particularly the United States. The history of cooperation between ESA and NASA as exemplified by two specific projects— Ulysses and the international space station-
highlights the difficulties of associating different decisionmaking bodies and political systems.
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