Canny dealing to get the best results from joining international space
organisations has always been Norway’s policy. The story is related in detail in
Making Sense of Space edited by John Peter Collett (Scandinavian University
Press, ISBN 82 00 22692 1). It began with lively interest in the aurora borealis
and now, surprisingly, Norway spends more on space efforts per capita than any
other country. The well chosen illustrations reveal another surprise—that
it’s alright to smoke a cigar while making adjustments to sensitive
instruments.
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