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  1. Xref: sparky sci.space:18438 talk.politics.space:1646
  2. Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!udel!rochester!dietz
  4. From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
  5. Subject: Re: Government-run programs  Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec30.214118.6461@cs.rochester.edu>
  7. Followup-To: talk.politics.space
  8. Organization: University of Rochester
  9. References: <1992Dec30.200706.29744@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec30.203937.27599@iti.org> <neff.13.725750112@iaiowa.physics.uiowa.edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:41:18 GMT
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  13. In article <neff.13.725750112@iaiowa.physics.uiowa.edu> neff@iaiowa.physics.uiowa.edu (John S. Neff) writes:
  14.  
  15. > Most polls show that the public wants a manned space program, and they
  16. > are willing to pay for it.
  17.  
  18. You have to be careful with polls.  A poll in which people are asked
  19. "do you want a manned space program?" will ellicit a generally
  20. positive response.  However, similar questions on other issues, like
  21. education, health care, and so on, ellicit much more positive
  22. responses.  The *relative* support of the space program is not very
  23. high.
  24.  
  25. Followup to talk.politics.space.
  26.  
  27.     Paul F. Dietz
  28.     dietz@cs.rochester.edu
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