Modeling international cooperation for space exploration |
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| Authors: | Eligar Sadeh James P Lester Willy Z Sadeh |
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| Institution: | 1NASA Graduate Student Fellow at the Center for Engineering Infrastructure and Sciences in Space (CEISS), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1372, USA;2Professor of Political Science and Assistant Director, Center for Engineering Infrastructure and Sciences in Space (CEISS), Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1372, USA;3Professor of Space Engineering and Director, Center for Engineering Infrastructure and Sciences in Space (CEISS), Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1372, USA |
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| Abstract: | Space exploration into the twenty-first century is contingent upon the ability of states to forge an appropriate vehicle for international cooperation. A theoretical framework that explains international cooperation in space exploration is proposed. This framework encompasses scientific, technological, political, and economic initial conditions, state and nonstate political actors, and models of cooperation that explain how initial conditions and actors interact to realize cooperative outcomes. It is hypothesized that the prevailing initial conditions favor certain political actors over others which, in turn, promote a specific model of cooperation. Cooperative policy outcomes are examined and assessed vis-à-vis case studies of cooperation in space exploration. On this basis, policy recommendations that engender effective cooperative outcomes in space exploration are suggested. |
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