OTHER INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMS

While space program budgets in the west have been scaled back, the Japanese government has been steadily increasing its space program spending. By 1994, the Japanese government was investing in excess of $2.5 billion annually, and as space budgets in the West continue to decline, Japanese expenditures experience real growth.

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Montage of photos of satellites in space
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