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Verzier, Sabine (2017)

The 21st Space Marathon: A Team Effort

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Space activity started as a national ambition during the Cold War and has progressively evolved into an international framework in which states can cooperate. Yet, this cooperation contained flaws from earlier on and the current framework dominated by the United States of America (USA) through NASA, bars any attempt of cooperation with China and their national space agency; CNSA. This thesis intends to look at the context in which cooperation emerged in the context of space activity and understands the reasons why this cooperation has been failing. Accounting for these elements, a new cooperative framework will be drafted to overcome the shortcomings mentioned and promote the benefits a USA- China cooperation could bring to the sector of space activity internationally.

space activity

cooperation

United States of America

China

NASA

CNSA

Author

Verzier, Sabine

Note

A study on cooperation in space activities between the US and China

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies East Asia

Supervisors

Zhongyuan, Wang

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en