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9 Internal Cooperation
Pages 30-32

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... Western European nations in particular, both collectively through ESA and in many cases individually, have become important cooperative partners in .American and Soviet planetary missions. Despite a four-year lapse in the U.S.-Soviet bilateral space agreement due to unrelated political issues, cooperation between the two nations formally resumed in 1986 and has attained unprecedented levels of success.
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... As foreign agency programs and our own international activities become more robust, we should seriously consider joint planning and advisory operations with other nations, subject to appropriate concerns for reciprocity and significant contributions from all sides. Because all nations share similar scientific objectives for planetary exploration, care must be taken to avoid unnecessary duplication of space missions.
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... Finally, the committee urges NASA to fully involve the scientific community in planning for international cooperation and in assessment of proposed cooperative missions. Last update 9/26/00 at 3:45 pm Site managed by Anne Simmons, Space Studies Board Site managed by the SSB Web Group.
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