Global investment in space programmes undiminished - According to Euroconsult, a company specialising in the aeronautical and communications sector, expected growth in global public investment in space programmes will be an average of 4.5% by 2012. In the next ten years, the number of satellite launches will grow by 38%. This forecast was made following a record year in 2008 with governments from around the world investing more than $62bn in their satellites and related projects that ranged...