Space Opinions Survey [View all]
The following is not a scientific survey - I'm simply curious how people feel.
1. Should the NASA budget be higher, lower, or stay the same?
2. How high do you think the NASA budget should be? Feel free to express in whatever terms you please - exact dollars, % of budget, or % of GDP.
3. Should NASA place a higher priority on manned spaceflight or unmanned robotic probes?
4. What prorportion of the budget would you assign to manned spaceflight vs. unmanned robotic probes, leaving out other priorities?
5 Should NASA play a leading role in Earth-observation, or should that be the domain of other, more specially-focused institutions?
6. Should solar observation be placed under the purview of NOAA, since solar dynamics have a direct and immediate impact on daily terrestrial life while NASA's interest is more abstract and scientific?
7. What priority should exploring each of the solar's systems worlds have in sequence?
8. Should these priorities be different for manned space exploration? How so?
9. Beyond the Moon and Mars, where should human beings visit next, and why?
10. What is an acceptable death rate for manned space exploration, from a public perspective that won't directly face the risks?
11. What is the death risk you would find acceptable if you personally were to undertake space exploration?
12. Would it be be justifiable to increase the NASA budget with a tax increase of some kind? Would you be willing to pay such a tax increase? What is the maximum rate increase you would accept?
13. At what point is space safe enough for children?
14. Where do you want to go?
15. What places do you feel have the most significant future hitstory in a spacefaring civilization?
16. What kind of governments do you think will arise in various places of the solar system?
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