The politics of technological cooperation in space
US‐European negotiations on the post‐Apollo programme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14800809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorenza Sebesta (European University Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 317-341 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-1512 • E-ISSN: 1477-2620 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07341519408581869 |
| OpenAlex | W2061690139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The post‐Apollo programme was launched after the 1969 lunar landing. Originally envisaging the creation of a space base, it later became centred on a reusable transportation system which was to “routinize” the use of space, the shuttle. Europeans were invited to participate in its development. The kind of technological cooperation offered went against a long standing NASA tradition of purely scientific collaboration. This change originated from the political willingness, which emerged during the Johnson Administration, to respond to European apprehensions about the “technological gap” by offering them technologically attractive space projects. This policy disappeared under Nixon, for a set of internal and international reasons. For their part, some European countries were concerned lest their participation would “overcrowd” the establishment of an autonomous European launcher capability. In the agreement finally reached, the US offered a kind of development sub‐contract over a peripheral element of the system, the spacelab. A true partnership was not possible by virtue of the financial, technological and political imbalance of power between the two parties
Apollo · General partnership · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · International Science and Diplomacy · Law · Space exploration and regulation · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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