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Americans Polled on Attitudes Toward the Space Program

posted by martyb on Monday June 24 2019, @01:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the meat-brains-need-not-apply dept.

takyon writes:

AP-NORC poll: Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip

Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon or on to Mars, a poll shows.

The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, released Thursday, one month before the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, lists asteroid and comet monitoring as the No. 1 desired objective for the U.S. space program. About two-thirds of Americans call that very or extremely important, and about a combined 9 in 10 say it's at least moderately important.

The poll comes as the White House pushes to get astronauts back on the moon, but only about a quarter of Americans said moon or Mars exploration by astronauts should be among the space program's highest priorities. About another third called each of those moderately important.

"More than 80% say the United States is not leading the world in space exploration."

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday June 24 2019, @02:17AM (5 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday June 24 2019, @02:17AM (#859214) Homepage

    They all believe the original moon landing was bullshit. But, someday, there is going to be an assteroid which threatens Earth. And when that assteroid threatens Earth, we need to have the ability to assemble a crack team to land on it, drill a hole in it, and drop a nucular bomb in that hole; ultimately destroying the assteroid.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 24 2019, @02:30AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 24 2019, @02:30AM (#859219) Journal

    That sounds so sexist. Gonna drill her, and nuke her, and ultimately destroy her. You're just too damned close to Gay Bay, Eth. Worse, you want a team of crackheads to do the dirty deed.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @02:39AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @02:39AM (#859223)

      That sounds so sexist

      So obsessed with sex that you see it everywhere, asshole? Oh, wait...

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 24 2019, @02:42AM (1 child)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 24 2019, @02:42AM (#859225) Journal

        Yes, please do wait. And, stop staring at my ass!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @03:22AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @03:22AM (#859235)

          And, stop staring at my ass!

          K-k. I'll start starring it.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday June 24 2019, @02:31AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 24 2019, @02:31AM (#859220) Journal

    But, someday, there is going to be an assteroid which threatens Earth. And when that assteroid threatens Earth, we need to have the ability to assemble a crack team to land on it, drill a hole in it, and drop a nucular bomb in that hole; ultimately destroying the assteroid

    That is, unless that butteroid is set on collision course with Mar-a-Lago [vice.com] by Putin.
    In which case, a single crack team is not enough, especially now that Bruce is getting old; long live the space force [theguardian.com]

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