Would a sucsessfull polish space program be possible?
- Thread starter Das Amerikan
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i think that Poland could have a space program
it could start during Cold war under dominance Soviet union were Poland provide hardware or instruments for the Soviet Space program
(similar to Optical instruments that East Germany provide)
later Polish experiment could fly with Cosmos Satellite and to Salute space station follow by Mirosław Hermaszewski under Interkosmos flight
After end of Cold war Poland could reorientate, either go with Russian (unlikely) China ( a possibility) and Europa (Ideal)
Poland could build up there own Space program by launching Sounding rocket or launch satellite by ESA
Even send Astronauts under ESA to ISS or provide experiments or lander for ESA Probes
it could start during Cold war under dominance Soviet union were Poland provide hardware or instruments for the Soviet Space program
(similar to Optical instruments that East Germany provide)
later Polish experiment could fly with Cosmos Satellite and to Salute space station follow by Mirosław Hermaszewski under Interkosmos flight
After end of Cold war Poland could reorientate, either go with Russian (unlikely) China ( a possibility) and Europa (Ideal)
Poland could build up there own Space program by launching Sounding rocket or launch satellite by ESA
Even send Astronauts under ESA to ISS or provide experiments or lander for ESA Probes
Would it be plausible to have Poland start a space program as a way of wooing Ukraine? Say Poland sets up the program in the mid-90s, most of that programs activities to be joint-ventures with the Ukrainian space agency (except for a few all-Polish programs for the look of the thing).
I suspect this would require some sort of security scare that convinced the Polish government that funds needed to be diverted from more basic needs.
fasquardon
I suspect this would require some sort of security scare that convinced the Polish government that funds needed to be diverted from more basic needs.
fasquardon
Poland would be the junior partner in such an arrangement. Ukraine is the one that actually has a rocket factory by the 1990s. If anything, it would be Poland piggy-backing onto Ukraine's space program (maybe by building a third stage for Zenit--might be spun as a way to invest in Eastern Poland, which suffers from chronic unemployment). IOTL, Russia supplies some third stages for Zenit--so maybe have Russian-Ukrainian relations break down somehow in the 1990s and 2000s, and Ukraine somehow not turn to the ESA for a third stage.
I'm not sure how well this would go over in Ukraine, either--would they view cooperation with Poland as Poland's way of trying to sneak the Commonwealth back into existence? How do Ukrainians feel about Poland in general?