International space station comes together as partners ponder.

From: Interavia Business & Technology | Date: October 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Work on the International Space Station Alpha project continues at a steady space but the program's US managers are beginning to express growing concern over European indecision. The design phase of the program is set to be completed and the orbiting of the first major components is already scheduled for 1997. Loss of European participation would be a major blow to the effort as they are supposed to supply 30% of its components.

European participation in the International Space Station remains an important issue to US managers of the programme as the design phase of the $17 billion ...

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