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Visitors and airline pilots inspect the cockpit of the European-made Eurofighter 2000 fighter jet during the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport outside Paris. Meanwhile, President Clinton, in a policy shift, has been actively supporting the U.S. commercial space industry, left by previous administrations to win contracts on its own, a senior U.S. official said Friday. The booming worldwide market for civilian satellites, launchers and ground equipment is expected to pass $30 billion this year.

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