{"id":295,"date":"2013-01-29T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2013-01-29T18:53:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:53:03","slug":"the-public-supports-spaceflight-if-someone-else-pays-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"The public supports spaceflight, if someone else pays for it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen C. Smith writes about public support, or lack thereof, for NASA and its projects as seen in polls as far back as the early 1960s: Poll Position – Space KSC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A July 2011 CNN\/ORC International Poll conducted at the end of the Space Shuttle program<\/a> asked, \u201cIn general, do you think the US (United States) should rely more on the government or more on private companies to run the country’s manned space missions in the future?\u201d<\/p>\n

54% chose private companies, 38% chose government, 4% chose both equally, 2% said neither, and 2% had no opinion.<\/p>\n

At a time one might assume the public was feeling nostalgic, if not outright mourning, for the end of the Space Shuttle program, a majority wanted space turned over to the private sector.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Asking the taxpayer to support a government space program is a different question from asking Americans if they support the overall notion of space exploration. The key difference is who pays for it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen C. Smith writes about public support, or lack thereof, for NASA and its projects as seen in polls as far back as the early 1960s: Poll Position – Space KSC. A July 2011 CNN\/ORC International Poll conducted at the end of the Space Shuttle program asked, \u201cIn general, do you think the US (United … Continue reading The public supports spaceflight, if someone else pays for it<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3214,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3214","url_meta":{"origin":295,"position":0},"title":"Open Hardware Shuttle Project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a crowd-funding campaign for an effort to develop the Exosphere space vehicle in a manner similar to that used for open software: Exosphere Open Hardware Space Shuttle - Indiegogo \u00a0- The open hardware space shuttle project is an effort to bring the masses together to work on a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0XTBjx78h_8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6835,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6835","url_meta":{"origin":295,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – March.10.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of space policy\/politics related links: Space Policy Events for March 10-14, 2014 Obama Launches 'Cosmos': 'The Next Great Discovery Could Be Yours' - NBC News.com Russian tensions add a sharper edge to EELV hearing - Space Politics Disaggregation Gets Traction in 2015 Pentagon Budget Request - SpaceNews.com [\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":5276,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5276","url_meta":{"origin":295,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup – Nov.13.13 [Updated]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The incoherence of NASA policy is on full display this week. 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