international cooperation and public diplomacy at nasa

7/29/2019 International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy at NASA

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Kent BressDirector

Aeronautics and Cross Agency Support Division

Office of International and Interagency Relations

NASA Headquarters

Washington, DC

March 5, 2013 www.nasa.gov


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Agenda

What is Public Diplomacy?

How Does NASA Cooperate Internationally? Overview

Guidelines

What is NASAs Role in Public Diplomacy and How has it Changed

Over Time? Government to Government Cooperation

International S&T Organizations

International Education

Outreach

Social Media

Summary

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What is Public Diplomacy?

Term coined in the 1960s by Edmund Guillon, dean of Fletcher School

of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts

Public diplomacy deals with the influence of public attitudes on the formation and execution of

foreign policies

effectivelycommunicating with publics around the globe - to understand,value and even emulate America's vision and ideas(Jill A. Schuker, former

Senior Director for Public Affairs at the National Security Council, July 2004)

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Bhopal, India

International Observe the Moon Night, 2011


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How does NASA Cooperate Internationally?

Foreign policy objectives, public diplomacy and international cooperationhas been part of NASA since its inception

NASA was created to address the challenge from the Soviet Union. The ApolloProgram captured the worlds imagination and required international cooperation

Directed by the 1958 National Aeronautics and Space Act

NASA will cooperate with other nations

Disseminate information as broadly as practicable

Goal of the 2010 National Space Policy: Expand international cooperation onmutually beneficial space activities to: broaden and extend the benefits of space;further the peaceful use of space; and enhance collection and partnership insharing of space-derived information

Current international cooperation:

Nearly 600 active international agreements 8 partners account for 50% of the agreements (France, Germany, ESA, Japan,

UK, Italy, Canada, Russia)

By mission area: 2/3 are in science missions

By region: 1/2 are with partners in Europe

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Guidelines for International Cooperation

No exchange of funds

Consistent with U.S. law and foreign policy objectives

International partners are generallygovernment agencies Projects/Partnerships:

Must have scientific and technical merit

Must benefit NASA missions

Meet at the interface, i.e., no joint development, limit technology transfer

Have clear managerial and technical interfaces

Documented in written, binding agreements, closely coordinated with the U.S.

Department of State and other U.S. Government agencies

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NASAs Internationalcooperation is typically done

government to government via

formal international

agreements


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What is NASAs Role in Public Diplomacy?

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Government to Government Cooperation

NASA had traditionally focused its international cooperation on advancing its program or

mission goals, i.e. that is working with government-funded partners to obtain instruments,hardware or capabilities to help NASA accomplish its mission.

Many NASA programs that start out filling a mission requirement also aid in diplomatic

relations, and eventually play a role in public diplomacy.

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NASA cooperated with Russia even during the Cold War, and the Shuttle-Mir Program was a

cornerstone of US/Russian S&T cooperation after it ended. Today, the International Space Station

partnership relies on Russia for crew transport.


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Government to Government Cooperation: Top Partners

The International Space Station (largemultinational program

15 Countries, 5 Space Agencies

63 Astronauts from 15 Countries on 87 Shuttle missions

Mars Curiosity Rover (bilateral,instrument-level cooperation)

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Russia: Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) Investigation

Canada: Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS)

Spain: Remote Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)

and High-gain Antenna Hardware

France: Significant contributions to the Chemistry andMicro-Imaging (ChemCam) and Sample Analysis at Mars(SAM) Instrument Suites

Germany: Contributions to the Radiation AssessmentDetector (RAD)


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Government to Government Cooperation: Other Partners

Space mission cooperation

India Chandrayaan lunar mission Argentina Aquarius/SAC-D mission

Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Israel Space Shuttle

(experiments and astronauts)

Ground based networks Aerosol Robotic Network, AERONET (88 countries)

SERVIR: Central America, East Africa, Himalaya region (~35

countries)

Space Geodetic Network (19 countries)

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NASA Participation in International S&T Organizations

NASA experts lead in their fields by participating in multilateral forums

Examples:

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)

Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)

Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG)

Interagency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

International Committee on GNSS (ICG)

International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR)

International Living With a Star (ILWS)

International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG)

International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG)

International Ocean Color Coordinating Group (IOCCG)

International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)

Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG)

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International Education

NASAs education program is focused on U.S.

education, but reaches to almost every corner of the

globe Examples of International Education Cooperation

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)

Digital Learning Network (DLN)

Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM)

GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)

Great Moonbuggy Race

Humans in Space Youth Art Contest

International Observe the Moon Night

ISSLive!

Lunabotics Mining Competition

Mission X Train Like an Astronaut

Mars Student Imaging Program (MSIP)

Planetary Science Summer School RASC-AL Lunar Wheel Design Challenge

SCool Project

Scientist for a Day Essay Contest

Spaceward Bound

Systems Engineering Award

Zooniverse

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International Outreach

NASAs outreach program is U.S. focused

To reach U.S. audiences, some of NASAs most successful outreach

activities happen to be with international companies Angry Birds with Rovio (Finland)

LEGO (Denmark)

John Nurminen Events (The Netherlands)

Mad Science (Canada)

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Social Media

NASA inspires widespread interest

among the public

NASA is second only to the WhiteHouse in Twitter following among U.S.

government agencies

NASA on Twitter: 3.5 million followers

480 other twitter accounts including

astronauts from ISS and NASA Deputy

Administrator

Regular updates from Mars

Note: DOE, US Park Service, DARPA, PTO and NIST have


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Summary: NASA International Cooperation

NASAs history and the nature and scope of its activities have given ita unique role in U.S. public diplomacy.

From the beginning, partnerships have been a matter of both strategicchoice and practical necessity.

While NASA is a mission-driven, science and technology-focusedagency, its international cooperation has both been directed from

above to meet national objectives, and grown up from the grass roots.

Traditional cooperation flying instruments on each othersspacecraft captures only part of what NASA does internationally

NASA communicates with diverse sections of the international public,from experts to students to ordinary people, to help them understand,value and even emulate our vision and ideas

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