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Article: Poll: Space program generates low enthusiasm in public.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2002
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Byline: Gwyneth K. Shaw
WASHINGTON _ Americans are not enthusiastic about an ambitious space program and would cut NASA's budget before other critical national priorities, an Orlando Sentinel poll shows.
The survey found little support for a long-discussed manned mission to Mars and revealed a general sentiment favoring a space program that yields practical research benefits, said Thomas Riehle, president of Ipsos-Reid U.S. Public Affairs, which conducted the national poll for the Sentinel.
The poll did show backing for the space shuttle program and the international space station, which is mired in cost overruns and uncertainty about its ...