Both Canada and France, two key partners in the International Space Station and other international projects, will get relatively stable space budgets in 1999, with Canada in particular avoiding devastating cuts, according to budget figures released earlier in the month. More importantly, however, are revised projections for future CSA budgets. He said there are no definite plans for spending the additional funding the agency will get in future budgets. The bulk of CNES's budget is focused on two projects.
Smaller amounts are devoted to scientific research, telecommunications systems, and operations.