{"id":1195,"date":"2013-03-18T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2013-03-18T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T00:17:08","slug":"a-survey-finds-yet-again-that-space-is-a-low-priority-for-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"A survey finds, yet again, that space is a low priority for the public"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Kelly points to a survey that finds most people put space near the bottom in a list of spending priorities for the government : Taxpayers sour on space during the budget crisis\u00a0 – Florida Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saying that taxpayers have soured on space implies that they were once sweet on space. Polls going back to the early 1960s, however,\u00a0 have always given the same basic results – the public likes space in a general interest way but they don’t see it as a big priority for spending their tax dollars. It’s this mile wide – inch deep attitude of the public that has always bedeviled space advocates who try to push for more spending on NASA. Politicians just don’t see any votes being gained for supporting increased spending on space.<\/p>\n

Until the public sees (1) the cost of space activities drop dramatically and (2) lots of people like themselves going to space and involved with space activities, this attitude isn’t going to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Kelly points to a survey that finds most people put space near the bottom in a list of spending priorities for the government : Taxpayers sour on space during the budget crisis\u00a0 – Florida Today. Saying that taxpayers have soured on space implies that they were once sweet on space. Polls going back to … Continue reading A survey finds, yet again, that space is a low priority for the public<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-jh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":617,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=617","url_meta":{"origin":1195,"position":0},"title":"More on public view of Mars missions + Update on Senate space policy committees","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are more discussions of that survey of public views about human missions to Mars that I mentioned here earlier: Poll Challenges Some Assumptions About Human Mars Missions - Aviation Week Polls raise new questions about interest in Mars exploration\u2014and the polls themselves - Space Politics Trying to judge what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7607,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7607","url_meta":{"origin":1195,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – May.3.14 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's selection of space policy\/politics links: SpaceX vs ULA: Why I Feel Bad for the United Launch Alliance\u00a0(Sort Of) - Popular Mechanics RD-180 replacement: The porksters arrive! -\u00a0Behind The Black Lawmakers propose U.S. alternative to Russian engine - Spaceflight Now Russia: If Buying Russian Engines is So Important, Why Did\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":573,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=573","url_meta":{"origin":1195,"position":2},"title":"Space law roundup + Public optimistic about humans on Mars in 2033","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Res Communis post the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading. === Leonard David reports on a somewhat surprisingly optimistic view by the public of the probability of having people on Mars in 20 years time: Humans on Mars by 2033:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7715,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7715","url_meta":{"origin":1195,"position":3},"title":"Space policy roundup – May.7.14 + A video PSA","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yet more space policy\/politics related links: It's Time to Push for US Human Spaceflight Independence) -\u00a0Space.com\u00a0- Richard and Owen Garriott Start of the True Space Age -\u00a0Icarus Interstellar NASA Budget: House Appropriators Want To Limit ARM Funding, Require Independent Assessment of Mars 2021 - SpacePolicyOnline Wow, an Increase of $170\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/sPeHIaWquBk\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=56","url_meta":{"origin":1195,"position":4},"title":"Surveying futures for space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sociologist William S. 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