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European Space Agency: billions spent on high tech jobs

7 February 2014 Last updated at 14:34 GMT

European countries invest billions of euros into the European Space Agency, despite the financial problems of the eurozone.

Adam Fleming reports from the Netherlands, where the UK spent £250m on the project last year, and hears about the investment in research and development and the jobs that it creates.

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