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The Transatlantic Scene: Freedom Struggles, Columbus and the DoD

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The space station got off on a rocky first few years regarding international participation, with disagreement about which roles the hardware to be added should fulfil and access to the rest of the facility by the overseas partners.

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    Luc van den Abeelen

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van den Abeelen, L. (2017). The Transatlantic Scene: Freedom Struggles, Columbus and the DoD. In: Spaceplane HERMES. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44472-7_10

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