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Topic: Research help: US-Russia space cooperation
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BMckay
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From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-19-2010 01:23 PM
   
My son needs some help for a research paper. Looking for books, articles and other documents on the history of US/Russia cooperation in space exploration. Mainly Apollo-Soyuz and the Mir, then ISS.Please help! |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-19-2010 01:43 PM
A few NASA History Publications that are online may help: Other books that come to mind, including first-hand astronaut accounts: - We Have Capture by Thomas Stafford
- Two Sides of the Moon by David Scott and Alexei Leonov
- Dragonfly: NASA And The Crisis Aboard Mir by Bryan Burrough
- Off The Planet by Jerry Linenger
- The Story of Space Station Mir by David Harland
- Creating the International Space Station by David Harland and John Catchpole
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GoesTo11
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From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 12-19-2010 02:08 PM
Good list by Robert. BMckay, I'm obviously not sure what your son plans to concentrate on in his report, but Dragonfly and Off the Planet are particularly fascinating for their exploration of the cultural differences between the American and Russian spaceflight establishments, and how those differences influenced their respective approaches to space operations and complicated cooperation between the two agencies...Particularly with respect to chains of command, subordination, individual responsibility, and response to emergencies. It's a subject that's endlessly fascinating to me. |
onesmallstep
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From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 12-20-2010 04:38 PM
And don't forget the Geoffrey Bowman chapter on Apollo/Soyuz in 'Footprints in the Dust' put out by the Univ. of Nebraska Press this year. |
328KF
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posted 12-20-2010 07:02 PM
As was discussed in another recent thread, I would not recommend Dragonfly as an authorative reference for any research.I would add the book Star Crossed Orbits by James Oberg to any good list of resources for Soviet/ Russian/ U.S. cooperation in space. If you want to contact me off list I would be happy to loan my copy to your son for his research. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-20-2010 09:07 PM
Astronaut Tom Jones wrote an interesting overview of US-Russian cooperation in his book Sky Walking.There are also some thoughts from the first ISS commander, Bill Shepherd, on this very site. |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-21-2010 10:51 AM
Thanks for the help. |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 642
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-22-2010 11:28 AM
You may also find the website for the History of Shuttle-Mir to be helpful. Click on "People" for links to their oral history interviews. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 410
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 12-22-2010 12:14 PM
Another one is "Apollo Soyuz" by Walter Froehlich (NASA EP-109) |
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