Space Station: Impact of the Expanded Russian Role on Funding and
Research (Letter Report, 06/21/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-220).

Increased Russian participation in the space station will require
additional investments, offsetting much of the $2 billion that the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) claims the
partnership will save; Russian involvement could expand research
opportunities, but the resource benefits to the United States, such as
laboratory space, are unclear. The first phase of Russian participation
will allow for near-term research opportunities in Russia's existing Mir
space station, and the accelerated assembly schedule will provide
earlier research capability on the International Space Station Alpha.
However, the allocation of the research resources still has to be
negotiated among all the space station partners, and some committees
that advise NASA on space station research have yet to fully assess the
impact of increased Russian participation.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-220
     TITLE:  Space Station: Impact of the Expanded Russian Role on 
             Funding and Research
      DATE:  06/21/94
   SUBJECT:  Aerospace research
             Space exploration
             Future budget projections
             International cooperation
             Research and development
             Cost analysis
             International relations
             Scientific research
             Aerospace engineering
             Cost control
IDENTIFIER:  NASA Space Station Program
             Mir Space Station
             FGB Energy Block Spacecraft
             NASA Alpha Program
             Russia
             NASA International Space Station Alpha Program
             Space Shuttle
             
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