Whether we like it or not, as a member of the European Union, Britain is already paying for the development of a European Photo-Reconnaissance satellite system. For some time now Europe has been developing the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) satellite.
Most people have heard of the unnecessary Galileo GPS system already under development at vast expense to the European taxpayers, but very few seem to have heard of GMES, which could end up costing even more.
As with so many scams designed essentially to simply extract money from taxpayers, it's been dressed up in 'eye catching environmetal clothes' and has even been given a fancy name - Kopernikus.
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