How does the UK contribute to space affairs?
European Space Agency
MEMBERSHIP DETAILS
The European Space Agency (ESA) has 22 member states, 20 of which are in the EU and two of which are not – Norway and Switzerland. The UK's membership does not, therefore, depend on it remaining in the EU and, indeed, there are also two non-full members, Canada and Slovenia.
FINANCE
Few other member states contribute as much financially as the UK, which hands over €369.6 million each year – a sum that amounts to 8.8 per cent of the ESA's costs, behind only France
(28.1 per
