What if IASA instead of NASA?

What if President Eisenhower in 1957 had formed,instead a "NATIONAL aereonautic and space administration" (NASA),an INTERNATIONAL space agency of all country that were associated in NATO,more the Japan (IASA)?
The program?
explore the space with probes and satellites,send a men in earth orbit,and in a circumlunar mission,build an orbital space workshop within 1965.

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ninebucks

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Yeah, Farscape is cool :).

In any case, the IASA won't be that international, it'll include only nations that are viewed as close enough to the USA. Maybe it'll result in a combined NASA-ESA.
 
i'm afraid that the IASA end up like ELDO-ESRO, a polical disaster.
in this TL will be not Europan space Organisation but it transver his problem to IASA

England will offer in 1960 the Blue Streak IRBM to IASA
At 1960 the britsh Goverment consider Blue Streak as opsolid, (against Polaris, Skybolt)
and it has extreme diffcult ot find sites for undergrund MRBM Silos in England
in July 1960 Prime minster Harold Macmillan proposed to use Blue Streak for other wise, for justived the developpement.
but wat gona make the IASA with that rocket ? got already Atlas, Thor-Delta etc.

France will join also IASA, but they are intrest in know-how on guidance system for there military missles.
in Germany were strong demands for reusable s pace vehicle like Junkers "Raumtransporter" aka Sänger one

so the Boss of IASA gona have alot of member how push there Project
and alot of Disputes like:
what member Nation Satellit gona be next in orbit ?
who gona be selectet as Astronauts for IASA and Flight first ?
a US american ? a NON ! has to be French, NO you don't gona be, it shall a Britsh!

however a Multinational space agency can save programs
see ISS how was save from US congress because the Contracts with ESA JAXA and Russian space agency
like IASA manned Lunar or Mars programs save by there europan members, from US congress
 
You mean like ESA? :D

here a little unknow European Space History

COSPAR (COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH)
foundet by the UNESCO in 1957
similar to CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research)
gave 1960 bird to,

GEERS (Groupe européen d'études et de recherches spatiales)
english : European Group for Space Research Study
was first Europa space agency work from 1960 to 1961, but made research only

ELDO-ESRO was second Europa space agency, foundation 1961
workt from 1964 to 1973 and try to launch Europa rockets without success

ESA is the Third space agency, foundation on 30. May 1975


wat about this?
IASA is based on COSPAR means the COSPAR members are also IASA members.
with paying Members and "observer status" members

but bring this problem:
will the USA give they Space Research in hand of a UNESCO Organization ?
 
Why do you call that unknown? :confused::confused::confused:

And why do you think IASA will go the ELDO/ESRO route?

first question response

a lot of people know only ESA and still fewer heard from ELDO/ESRO and from GEERS very few

second question response

ELDO was a INTERNATIONAL space agency !
but is was doom from the beginn
foundet by France and England in 1961
it take to 1964 until ELDO can start to work
because the member countries separately stand to ratify ELDO Contracts in their parliament
there for the Minister responsible for ELDO financing had control over ELDO from 1961
and NOT the ELDO Administration !

in beginn England was a good Member of ELDO
but lack of success in Europa rocket test and Political change in England parliament, change that
each time Labor was the government, they demand the termination of ELDO membership
and use USA rockets for British spacecraft.
each time Tory was the government, they demand to stay ELDO member...

France had build Coralie second stage for Europa 1 rocket
but it was a not "matured" prototype and responsible for some failures launch in beginn
then France made very aggressive proposal to drop Coralie for Europa Rocket
and take Lox/Lh2 upper stage , something were the french had fewer experience than with the Coralie !

and that only a small part of unlucky history of ELDO-ESRO
 
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