{"59159":{"#nid":"59159","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Space Diplomacy:  Krige Showcases NASA\u0027s Influential Collaborations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon in 1969, they not only made a \u0022leap for all mankind,\u0022  they also conducted several scientific experiments.  One of them, to measure solar wind, was from a Swiss university.  By inviting foreign participation in that historic moon mission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signaled \u0022a commitment to international relations that has become an extraordinarily important instrument for American diplomacy,\u0022  says John Krige.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a new book funded by NASA and due to be published in 2010, Krige and his team will showcase fifty years of international partnerships that demonstrates the diplomatic linkages, prestige, and influence achieved through America\u0027s space program. Krige, a professor in the Ivan Allen College\u0027s School of History, Technology, and Society, was selected by NASA in 2007 to author the study. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKrige has presented his research on space history at major NASA conferences, including one celebrating the agency\u0027s 50th anniversary last year. His project for NASA extends Georgia Tech\u0027s partnership and contribution to the U.S. space program which is most prominent through research and the more than a dozen astronauts who graduated from the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA History of NASA\u0027s International Relations will elucidate the intersection between scientific and technological collaboration and U.S. diplomatic relations, through highlights chosen from the more than 2,000 projects on which NASA has engaged with partners around the globe including major technical projects with Western Europe (Krige\u0027s specialty), Russia\/USSR, India, Japan, and Brazil.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This book will take readers beyond human space flight and help them understand how major technical projects such as the space station have consolidated diplomatic linkages with, for example, Russia.  Can you imagine the impact if we extended such generosity in space collaboration to, say, Iran?\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKrige is joined in the work by PhD candidates Angel Long and Ashok Maharaj.  The project makes extensive use of archival material in the NASA History Office, the U.S. State Department, various Presidential Libraries, the private collections of some NASA administrators, and other international organizations.  It is supplemented by more than 30 oral history interviews with key historical actors that will be transcribed and placed in the NASA Historical Archives.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon in 1969, they not only made a \u0022leap for all mankind,\u0022  they also conducted several scientific experiments.  One of them, to measure solar wind, was from a Swiss university.  By inviting foreign participation in that historic moon mission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signaled \u0022a commitment to international relations that has become an extraordinarily important instrument for American diplomacy,\u0022  says John Krige.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Space Diplomacy:  Krige Showcases NASA\u0027s Influential Collabora"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-09-11 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:51","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59160":{"id":"59160","type":"image","title":"tig78591.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176217","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:57","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190885","name":"tig78591.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tig78591_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tig78591_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31972,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tig78591_0.jpg?itok=AR1ZZVl8"}},"59161":{"id":"59161","type":"image","title":"tzx78591.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176217","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:57","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190884","name":"tzx78591.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzx78591_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzx78591_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":34041,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzx78591_0.jpg?itok=WXMvfAcr"}}},"media_ids":["59160","59161"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/index.php","title":"School of History, Technology, and Society"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/faculty\/krige-john.php","title":"Dr. John Krige"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"10080","name":"Krige"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"167146","name":"space"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}