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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @07:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @07:18AM (#859283)

    how is this a troll? I hate Runaway as much as anyone, but the comment is on topic and not even flamebait (although at least such a mod could be motivated by the second paragraph).