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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

I was just wondering, is China part of the International Space Station team?

Does anyone have a list of the participating nations?

Andrew

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

United States - NASA
Canada - CSA
Participating ESA members

Belgium
Denmark - DSRI
France - CNES (In French)
Germany - DLR
Italy - ASI
Netherlands
Norway - NSC
Spain - INTA
Sweden - SNSB
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Japan - NASDA
Russia - Rosaviakosmos
Brazil - INPE

Or see This page.

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

WHAT! NO BURKINA FASO!!!!!! And they call it the "international" space station...

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Woohoo!

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I guess you have to be internationally known to join.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Internationally known? I've never heard of the You-knighted Staites...

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yeah, there need to be more African countries w/ space programs. I mean, can't you just imagine sending a probe from Djibouti to Uranus?

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Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :

France is in it too??

Weird, I France is always the loner...

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Posted by Pro. Portside on :

well looking through the paper today (4-23-01) I see that the Robo arm from Canada has been installed.

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Which country do you hate more, Italy or France

France.

Heh. Nobody ever says Italy

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Posted by MC Infinity (Member # 531) on :

Why would you hate Italy or France?
Oh, you're Americans!!! I see, no explanation needed.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yeah, because we all know the more sophisticated cultures know whom they should really hate, eh? The Belgians.

Okay, so I had to take a stab at the Brits. I don't know whom Canadians hate... *L*

Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

I always find it funny that Japan puts the word "Defense" in all of it's psuedo-military, military, or otherwise governmental agencies. After all, what could be so defensive about their space program??

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

They have to. Stipulation of the 1950 armistice. They're not allowed to field anything but a self-defense force anymore.

Obviously this changes sometime in the near future, as all anime & manga shows us. Or, to quote Rykja after I mentioned that I was surprised that JAL hadn't invested in an SST yet, "Well, they don't want outsiders to know that they have those things outside of manga. It'll help keep their monopoly on being the center of the world after all the cataclysms."

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Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :

Although they're only allow to have "defense" forces, but man, look at their military nowaday, they kickass both in quantities and quality, I don't think it's pure "defense' any longer.

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Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Sorry...that was a simpsons quote. Scorpio had this big ray gun and asked Homer that question.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

The Brits, as a rule, hate France.

The Scottish hate the English.
The Welsh hate, well, pretty much everyone.
The Irish are too drunk to care.
The English would go for France.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

We hate you too. We're all for saving your Mad Cow, but get her off our money.

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