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Orlando Sentinal Poll's Biases
E.P. Grondine — (archived)

It is well known that most of the public thinks that NASA's budget is far, far larger than it really is.

Generally, a part of the public has a certain fascination with space that helps sell different media. Another part of the public, who do not share this fascination, see these pieces and think that large amounts of money are begin spent.

I don't know if the "$200 billion" cost was ever provided to those polled, was stated to apply to both ISS and a manned Mars mission, or to either one of them. My guess is that the "$200 billion" was never supplied to those sampled.

Note that the poll asked NO QUESTION concerning dealing with the NEO hazard.
The result of similar omissions from other polls means that there will be no tracking data for the first part of the next decade, except for column inches.

EP

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