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Discovering the Final Frontier of the 21st Century
FMARS and MDRS Educator's Guide
Manned Mars Mission Economics: Context, Perspective, And Public Perception
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Kirk, Alex1 (2004)
Space-Related Public Opinion Polls: A Survey, 1988-2004
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In: On To Mars 2, edited by Zubrin, RM, and Crossman, F. Collector's Guide Publishing Inc.
This paper concerns public opinion on the subject of space exploration, and whether that opinion has been misrepresented through manipulative or leading questions in those polls. The range of polls covered here includes everything from humans to Mars down to UFOs (which, in my opinion, are getting an alarming amount of attention from pollsters). Along the way, I'll be discussing the relevance of my findings on these topics to national space policy -- particularly in terms of how trends seen in these polls can create opportunities for exploration advocates to influence the national dialogue on space exploration. Finally, I will tying in an informal survey I conducted over the Internet, in terms of its relevance to poll manipulation.
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