Jun 8 1988
From The Space Library
Negotiations were completed among the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan on the framework for international cooperation in the Space Station program.
Under the agreements, the United States would provide the overall Space Station framework: operating subsystems, including life support and 75 kilowatts of power; laboratory and habitat modules; and a free-flying platform that would be placed in polar orbit for Earth observation. Canada would provide a Mobile Servicing System, which would be used in conjunction with the assembly, maintenance, and servicing of Space Station elements. Japan would pro-vide the Japanese Experiment Module, a permanently attached pressurized lab-oratory module, which would include an exposed facility and an experiment logistics module. The European Space Agency would provide a pressurized laboratory module, which would be permanently attached to the crew-tended base; a free-flying polar platform to work together with the U.S. polar plat-form; and an astronaut-tended free flyer to be serviced at the crew-tended base.
The United States anticipated spending approximately $16 billion (fiscal year 1989 dollars) to develop Space Station hardware. The total foreign commitment to the Space Station was in excess of $7 billion. Furthermore, the partners would cover more than 25 percent of the Space Station's expected annual operating costs throughout the 20-30 year life of the program. Signature of the agreements was expected later in the summer. (NASA Release 88-74)
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