SPACE: ESA DIRECTOR GENERAL BACKS GALILEO.

Antonio Rodot? claims Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, represents a new phase in European space development, as for the first time the EU has come together to build a "unique infrastructure for the benefit of all Europeans". He contrasted the project with Europe's railway infrastructure, which is common to the whole of Europe but owned by individual nations. Asked what his message would be to those Member States that are holding up the Galileo project through their reluctance to commit to funding, Mr Rodot? compared the investment needed for the project with that poured into Europe's road infrastructure. "How many kilometres of highway is Galileo?" he asked. "Not very many".Mr Rodot? insisted the benefits of Galileo would not be restricted to financial profits, explaining that while "the real revenues of...