There has been subsantial deoate about the value of sace exporotion, in vier of the high costs entangled. Proponent such as bonnet kommel(2008) doim tat this is a v Hol method of collecting data about the composition of the a unierte aditionally point out the there have boen mang experimental benefits arising hom the spce Programme such as satellite communication The example of the Space Station is also given as an exemplor of the volue of the research programme in encouraging international co-operation.