1. International Monetary Fund “World Economic Outlook Update: Global Slowdown and Rising Inflation.” 17 July 2008.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. For more information, see Peter, Nicolas. Space Policy, Issues and Trends in 2006/2007. ESPI Report 6. Vienna: European Space Policy Institute, Sept. 2007. 8–9.