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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: 2) by RamiK on Monday June 24 2019, @12:16PM (5 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Monday June 24 2019, @12:16PM (#859317)

    The numbers add up better if you put the people you want to survive on the ships, go out into orbit, and bomb everything back to the stone age.

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday June 24 2019, @12:50PM (4 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Monday June 24 2019, @12:50PM (#859325) Homepage Journal

    The numbers add up better if you put the people you want to survive on the ships, go out into orbit, and bomb everything back to the stone age.

    You should write that up in a paper. I smell Nobel Prize! :)

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    • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday June 25 2019, @06:38AM (3 children)

      by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday June 25 2019, @06:38AM (#859631)

      Hmm, a Modest Spaceflight Program by RamiK does have a certain ring to it... But what if it turns up to be a Nobel Peace Prize? I doubt it's worth the risk.

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Tuesday June 25 2019, @02:16PM (2 children)

        by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Tuesday June 25 2019, @02:16PM (#859716) Homepage Journal

        Hmm, a Modest Spaceflight Program by RamiK does have a certain ring to it... But what if it turns up to be a Nobel Peace Prize? I doubt it's worth the risk.

        I'm sure if you include a Bitcoin wallet address in a footnote, with the implication that donations to the charity, RLEF (The Ramik Lifestyle Enhancement Fund) might get folks priority access to the launches, you'd win the Economics prize.

        But when you nuke the planet, make sure to use neutron bombs [wikipedia.org] instead of the standard stuff. Just sayin'.

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        • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday June 25 2019, @08:03PM (1 child)

          by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday June 25 2019, @08:03PM (#859835)

          make sure to use neutron bombs instead of the standard stuff. Just sayin'.

          The problem with neutron bombs is the vegetation and sea life as well as active nuclear plants and wild fires. Now, couple the closing of nuclear plants, the building of space ships that can't reach anywhere useful and the development of AI robots and now you got yourself a quality conspiracy theory! Not sure how to work-in blockchains though... WIP

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          • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday June 26 2019, @12:57AM

            by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Wednesday June 26 2019, @12:57AM (#859943) Homepage Journal

            The problem with neutron bombs is the vegetation and sea life as well as active nuclear plants and wild fire

            An excellent point. Better to go with mass drivers [wikipedia.org] then.

            Wow! This plan is really coming together. Let's do this thing!

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