re: Poll results are event-driven

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Success_Machine — 8/1/2003 12:28:58 AM (archived)

In 1998 over 30 percent wanted to fly on the shuttle. Today the number would probably be far lower, due to the recent loss of columbia.

If a city was wiped off the face of the Earth by a medium-sized impactor, the polls would probably show 99% support for early warnings. Right now only 85% want a warning, because the rest think that meteors only exist in two classes: "shooting stars" and "ELEs".

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A few Mars Polls from 1997 to 2003... - Chris Vancil - 7/30/2003 10:05:05 AM
- Only about 20% favor manned Mars flight, while about 85% want impact warning - E.P. Grondine - 7/31/2003 8:42:51 PM
  - Do you always just make up numbers when the real ones don't suit you? There is no 85% or 20% anywhere, but in your mind! - Chris Vancil - 8/1/2003 8:03:41 AM
    - Mars Nuts' perceptual problems - E.P. Grondine - 8/2/2003 5:14:52 PM
      - Re: You make up numbers and call me a nut! You and I believe Impact Hazards are real, but the General Public DO NOT! - Chris Vancil - 8/2/2003 8:41:34 PM
        
        "No one cares"... about manned Mars flight - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2003 4:44:02 PM
        
        re: Should have known that 49% was zero in your universe! - Chris Vancil - 8/6/2003 10:19:27 PM
  - re: Poll results are event-driven - Success_Machine - 8/1/2003 12:28:58 AM

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