- The global satellite communications market is expected to be worth more than ?140 billion per year by 2010. The global satellite navigation market is expected to exceed ?50 billion by 2005. - British National Space Centre
- Two satellites were launched in 1957, 151 in 1985 and 140 in 1998. - Vital Signs , 1999-2000
- Every planet in the solar system, except Pluto, has been visited by spacecraft. Nasa's plans for the Pluto-Kuiper mission are stalled, but the visit may occur by about 2020. - Nasa
- Odds on a UFO landing on the White House lawn within a year - 10,000-1. - Bookmaker William Hill