Public Attitudes Toward Different Space Goals: Building Public Support for the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE)

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Public Attitudes Toward Different Space Goals: Building Public Support for the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE)

Matula, Thomas L. / Loveland, Karen A.

Public support is critical if the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) is to be sustained through multiple presidential administrations. This study found that only two national space goals, planetary defense and space energy generation were consistently supported by a significant percentage of the American public. Support for both goals remained constant over the three-year period that saw the Columbia shuttle accident, human spaceflight missions by the Chinese, the development of the VSE, and the success of SpaceShipOne. It is argued that only by linking the VSE to the twin goals of planetary defense and space energy generation will it be possible to create the bipartisan support VSE needs to succeed.

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Title :

Public Attitudes Toward Different Space Goals: Building Public Support for the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE)

Contributors:

Matula, Thomas L. (author) / Loveland, Karen A. (author)

Conference:

10th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments and Second NASA/ARO/ASCE Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration ; 2006 ; League City/Houston, Texas, United States

Published in:

Earth & Space 2006 ; 1-7

Publication date :

2006-03-02

ISBN :

9780784408308

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1061/40830(188)58

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

Electronic Resource