Update on Russia, China and India: Presentation to the APL/NASM Space Policy & History Forum
Editor’s Note: My Powerpoint slides from yesterday’s meeting at the Applied Physics Lab (APL) in Laurel, MD are nowposted for anyone who is interested.
My talk was the second in a new series of forums sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM’s) Space History Division and APL. The series seeks to stimulate dialogue on a topic of interest and is a discussion more than a lecture. I posed three questions and then provided background to set the stage. The questions were:
- Are we too dependent on Russia?
- Should we cooperate with China?
- Could regional rivalry between India and China spur a new arms race in space?
It was a fun and lively discussion — thanks to everyone who came!
Roger Launius of NASM and Nathan Bridges of APL, the co-creators of the series, announced that the next will be in March at Lockheed Martin’s Global Vision Center in Crystal City, VA. Exact date, topic and speaker will be announced later.
Marcia Smith
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