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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: UN Space Agency
- Message-ID: <C0Cw7v.Ctt@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:02:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.150827.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1993Jan4.150827.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
- >I wonder if there is anything in the works for a United Nations Space Agency
-
- Not really. The problem is the "elephant among the chickens" syndrome:
- the US is logically a major participant in such an effort, but then it
- wants to run the show, and the other nations involved -- especially the
- ones which have demonstrated competence of their own -- don't want to
- just pay the bills for projects they have no say in. Past experience
- with US involvement in "international" space projects generally has
- not been happy for the US's "partners".
-
- >I wonder if the North American Free-Trade Agreement will lead to
- >US/Canadian/Mexican Space co-working??
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- Canada is already a (minor) partner in various aspects of the US space
- program... but it's also an associate member of the European Space Agency.
- (It would probably be a full member, were it not for the inconvenient rule
- that full members must be located in Europe...) Much depends on whether
- "co-working" means a say in decisions, or just a share in the cost.
- --
- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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