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On the 50th anniversary on the moon landing, AP/NORC at the University of Chicago, Ipsos/C-SPAN, and CBS News explored Americans’ attitudes about the moon landing and space exploration in general. Among the findings:
. In the June CBS poll, 68% said they watched it when it occurred (12% didn’t, and 18% said they were too young or hadn’t been born). 82% said it represented the potential for even greater accomplishments in the future while 13 percent said it was the type of accomplishment the US is not likely to ever achieve again.
. In the June CBS poll, 68% said they watched it when it occurred (12% didn’t, and 18% said they were too young or hadn’t been born). 82% said it represented the potential for even greater accomplishments in the future while 13 percent said it was the type of accomplishment the US is not likely to ever achieve again.
In the online June Ipsos/C-SPAN poll, 6% said the moon landing was staged, while 78% said the US had successfully landed a manned-mission on the moon.
? 74% in the CBS poll said given the time, effort, and money spent on it, the moon landing was worth it.
. In the May AP/NORC online survey, 60% said the space program has brought enough benefits to justify its cost (38% said it had not). In the Ipsos/C-SPAN three-part question, 31% said the benefits of space exploration have been greater than its costs, 42% about equal, and 24% said the costs were greater than the benefits.
. Also in the Ipsos/C-SPAN poll, 78% had a very (41%) or somewhat (37%) favorable opinion of NASA. Two additional questions showed that around half said NASA’s budget was about right.
31% in the CBS poll said they would like to go the moon. An identical 31% in the Ipsos/C-SPAN poll said they would consider traveling in space (53% said they would not). In the AP/NORC poll, 52% said they would orbit the earth if given the opportunity, while 41% in a separate item said they would travel to the moon, and 31% travel to Mars. (Of those who said they would travel to Mars, 47% said they would travel to Mars and live there, even if it meant they would never return to Earth; 53% said they would not do so). Twenty-three percent in the Ipsos/C-SPAN poll said they had dreamed about becoming an astronaut.
. In the Ipsos/C-SPAN poll, 36% didn’t have an opinion on the administration’s Space Force plan. Of the remainder, 33% had a favorable opinion of it and 30% an unfavorable opinion.
For more polls on the moon landing, see the June issue of AEI’s Political Report.
On the 50th anniversary on the moon landing, AP/NORC at the University of Chicago, Ipsos/C-SPAN, and CBS News explored Americans’ attitudes about the moon landing and space exploration in general.
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