U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science (1998) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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The joint committee's central task was to analyze a set of U.S.-European cooperative missions in the space sciences, Earth sciences from space, and life and microgravity sciences and to determine what lessons could be learned regarding international agreements, mission planning, schedules, costs, and scientific output. Although the charge is largely retrospective and relies on existing or past missions, the joint committee found that in some cases, missions in the development stage offered the best (or only)
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From these lessons learned, the committee hopes to improve international cooperation in the future and to enable better use of the available funds for space research. The heart of the report is a set of case studies of cooperative space science missions conducted in a "bottom-up" manner with the collaboration of European and U.S.
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It was therefore impossible to review and analyze all of these missions within the scope of this report. The joint committee decided to restrict the study to the following: · Past missions that could be extended to missions in the development stage when no other examples were available or when the missions illustrated specific lessons learned; · Missions resulting from cooperation between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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