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Article: U.S. firm contracts for use of USSR Mir. (Payload Systems Inc.)
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- Science News
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- March 5, 1988
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U.S. firm contracts for use of USSR Mir
U.S. approval has been granted for an unprecedented collaboration between a U.S. firm and the Soviet government in which a commercial payload provided by the company will be operated by cosmonauts aboard the Soviet Mir space station. Discussions of the agreement began a year ago, but in late February a major milestone was passed with the company's receipt of an export license for its proten crystal growth equipment, granted by the Commerce Department and representing approval as well by the Department of Defense.
In seeking the export license, the company was facing concerns about "technology transfer" -- the ...
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