Flash Eurobarometer 272 (Space Activities of the European Union)

Space activities of the European Union.<br>Topics: 1. Space activities: importance of space related activities for the future international position of the EU; importance of space activities with regard to the following issues: economic development in the EU, development of innovative terrestrial applications.

2. European Earth Observation: awareness of the European Earth Observation satellites; importance of the development of selected space applications for the EU: independent European Positioning System (GPS), space monitoring system to manage disasters and mitigate the effects of climate change, communication tools, space-based monitoring tools to improve citizen security.

3. Space exploration: importance of selected effects of space exploration: expansion of human knowledge, source of innovation and economic development, discovery of new raw materials and energy resources, better earth protection; attitude towards more EU activity in the field of space exploration; attitude towards increasing the share of EU budget to cover space activities.

Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; call history; region; weighting factor.