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Topic: India and the International Space Station
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issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 09-22-2007 12:16 AM
  
There are press reports that India hopes to join the ISS programme. But it also appears that one unnamed partner nation objects. Why should there be an objection? The more developing countries, the better, in my opinion. Plus, India possesses a successful ELV programme and launch facility. More importantly, it wants to join at a time when monies for space travel is not a priority in many Western hemisphere nations. Pettiness such as this is not helpful in the long term. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-22-2007 12:53 AM
I would like to know the name of the partner opposing India's participation and the reasoning behind all this. After all if Brazil is an ISS partner, why not India...
But since this is all "hear-say" and is coming from the Russian Space Agency, to what extent it is true and if this is anything but an extension of Russia's international politics (making the West the enemy (again) for domestic electoral purposes- presidential elections coming up next year) needs to be clarified. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-22-2007 09:46 AM
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Originally posted by cspg:
After all if Brazil is an ISS partner, why not India...
Brazil is not an ISS partner but rather entered into a separate agreement with the U.S. to provide equipment in return to having access to U.S. equipment and the permission to send a Brazilian astronaut to the station (Marcos Pontes in 2006). Initially, Brazil was to provide the Express Pallet, but in 2002, the nation informed NASA that it could not afford to do so. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-22-2007 10:06 AM
So Brazil is a participant not a partner? Some people at NASA ought to review their web pages... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-22-2007 10:10 AM
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Originally posted by cspg:
So Brazil is a participant not a partner? Some people at NASA ought to review their web pages...
No revisions necessary: if you notice, that page lists both partners and participants. If you follow the link at the bottom of that page to the partner agreement, Brazil is not listed among them. And if you follow the link for Brazil, it specifically states: On October 14, 1997, the Brazilian and American governments (represented by the Brazilian Space Agency - AEB and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA) signed an agreement where Brazil agreed to provide parts for the ISS to NASA and will have utilization rights. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-23-2007 02:02 AM
Yet the page does not specify who is a partner and who is a participant: ESA is partner (?) but its member states are participants? Rather unclear to me. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-25-2007 10:18 AM
Apparently India is not interested in joining the ISS. See: India not interested in space station International space station (ISS) is perhaps the most important project as far as space exploration is concerned. In fact, for ISS members it is a launchpad for lunar and interplanetary missions. However, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists seem to be least interested in becoming a member of this prestigious project.This was revealed by ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair during an interaction with the media. About reports that India had approached Russia for membership of the exclusive group, Nair said ISRO had not initiated any dialogue with the Russians. "There is no such proposal from the scientific community," he said. |
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