The issue focused on at the final meeting of the European Space Agency's  Earth observation committee  in Paris.The meeting was called to discuss the future of the European Space Agency's  Earth observation programme.The European Space Agency  was established in 1975 to provide an international space agency to monitor the Earth's natural and man-made environment.The UK's vote is "an important step forward in the development of the European Union's Earth observation programme", it said.The European Space Agency is in charge of all