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Nature 399, 293 (27 May 1999) | doi:10.1038/20516

Open Innovation Challenges

Tokyo meeting airs problems of international space collaboration

Asako Saegusa

Political and legal constraints remain serious obstacles to collaborative space projects, according to a meeting in Tokyo last week of space scientists from the United States, Europe and Japan. These include different approaches to liability waivers and sensitivities to the international transfer of space hardware.