The Polish government plans to more than triple its spending on European Commission-led space programs in the coming years as it attempts to use technology investment to spur its economy, according to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Addressing a space policy forum held Sept. 13 in Brussels -the same day that Poland signed an accession agreement that will make it the 20th member of the European Space Agency (ESA) - the ministry said it expects to spend 495 million euros ($619 million) in the European Commission's space effort planned between 2014 and 2020.That compares with some 157 million euros that Poland spent on space research in the commission's current seven-year financial program, which is ending in 2013.
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