Word: space
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They informed us of what they were going to do," Mendez said. "Unfortunately, there was no space for changes. If we could have had a dining hall in the Quad also, it would have been much better...
Even so, there are other, more formidable barriers. Past cooperative space ventures have been closely tied to politics. The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission, for example, sprang from an earlier era of detente. The costly linkup between the orbiting U.S. and Soviet capsules (price tag: $300 million) was promoted to test compatible docking systems but had little scientific value: the flight was the last for the Apollo program. Prospects for more joint missions disappeared in December 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. "These missions start for policy reasons and stop for political reasons," says Nancy Lubin, a Government expert...
Although the case for a joint mission may be compelling to some, both scientists and Government officials are keenly aware that any cooperative exploration of Mars -- and the advances in space science it would make possible -- would be vulnerable to the shifting political winds in Washington and Moscow. As the summiteers convened in the Soviet capital, U.S. scientists hoped that the President and the General Secretary would do more than give the idea diplomatic lip service...
...Soviets denied Yuri permission on security grounds: he once held a job in a building where classified work was done. There may be another reason: Yuri's brother is a department head at Moscow's Institute of Cosmic Research and a top Soviet space scientist. The two brothers have not seen each other since Yuri applied to emigrate...
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