p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; }p.western { font-family: "Liberation Serif",serif; font-size: 12pt; }p.cjk { font-family: "Droid Sans Fallback"; font-size: 12pt; }p.ctl { font-family: "FreeSans"; font-size: 12pt; }a:link { color: rgb(0, 0, 255); }This article analyzesthe ruptures and continuities of domestic and foreign politics inArgentina during the Menem (1989-1999) and Kirchner/Fernández deKirchner (2003-2012) presidencies, regarding the missile and spacefields. The findings are that space policy in Argentina consolidatedthe country institutionally, bridging partisan and factionaldifferences while allaying security fears of the internationalcommunity in order to fulfill objectives of access to space andArgentinean growth in the investment, research, and development ofspace technology.