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  1. Xref: sparky sci.space:18465 talk.politics.space:1650
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!rochester!dietz
  3. From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space
  5. Subject: Re: Government-run programs  Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.015903.15161@cs.rochester.edu>
  7. Date: 31 Dec 92 01:59:03 GMT
  8. References: <1992Dec30.212906.2444@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec30.230013.4102@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
  9. Organization: University of Rochester
  10. Lines: 19
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  12. In article <1992Dec30.230013.4102@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Dr. Norman J. LaFave <lafave@ial4.jsc.nasa.gov> writes:
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  14. >>You have to be careful with polls.  A poll in which people are asked
  15. >>"do you want a manned space program?" will ellicit a generally
  16. >>positive response.  However, similar questions on other issues, like
  17. >>education, health care, and so on, ellicit much more positive
  18. >>responses.  The *relative* support of the space program is not very
  19. >>high.
  20.  
  21. > Another Dietz assertion-without-proof... Please
  22. > provide data which shows the relative support.
  23.  
  24.  
  25. Well, Doc, I can't, because I do not recall where or just when this
  26. poll was conducted (it was some years ago).  However, if you wish to
  27. call me a liar about it, I shall try to cope.
  28.  
  29.     Paul F. Dietz
  30.     dietz@cs.rochester.edu
  31.