Press Release: Eurobarometer: Europeans are well aware and positive about EU space activities

Europeans are increasingly aware of the EU's activities in space. For Galileo, the European GPS system, public awareness is 57% in average, while in 2007 it was 40%. For the Global monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme the awareness is 38% whereas it was only 22% in 2009.

European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani presented in Brussels the results of the Flash Eurobarometer survey on space activities that was carried out this summer. The results were released at the opening of the European Space Expo in Brussels, which already travelled to 3 Members States and will travel to 15 others in the next 18 months.

European Commission: Memo/12/704: EU activity in space: Europeans are aware and positive http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/704&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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