Space Opinions Survey

[Tikki]

6. These answers:

Space Opinions Survey
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? Extremely Higher.

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. Billions and billions of dollars.

2. Should NASA place a higher priority on manned spaceflight or unmanned robotic probes? Manned space flights.

3. What proportion of the budget would you assign to manned spaceflight vs. unmanned robotic probes, leaving out other priorities? 70% to 30%.

4. Should NASA play a leading role in Earth-observation, or should that be the domain of other, more specially-focused institutions? NASA and others.

5. 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?
With a bigger budget many can be involved.

6. What priority should exploring each of the solar's systems worlds have in sequence? Whatever science thinks is practical.

7. Should these priorities be different for manned space exploration? How so? A bit because of longevity issues.

8. Beyond the Moon and Mars, where should human beings visit next, and why? Mars, it is next on the list.

9. What is an acceptable death rate for manned space exploration, from a public perspective that won't directly face the risks?
Zero, but we can only work toward making it zero.
10. What is the death risk you would find acceptable if you personally were to undertake space exploration? It could only happen in my dreams…I hope to wake up.

11. 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? So much is gleaned from these challenges, we get innovation to spur the economy.

12. At what point is space safe enough for children? A long time in the future, unless the future hits the wall.

13. Where do you want to go? In an urn on the shelf of the cabinet my husband made for our son.


14. What places do you feel have the most significant future hitstory in a spacefaring civilization? When we get to that point we will certainly know it when we get there.

15. What kind of governments do you think will arise in various places of the solar system? Reciprocal governments, I hope.

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