I think this paper is relevant; on the whole, opinion polling indicated that, aside from a brief period after the moon landing, NASA was never popular, and the majorities almost always supported a smaller NASA. Meanwhile, there’s still strong public support for some things- eg the Space Shuttles or a space station.
Thanks, very interesting paper which answers to my question… by showing me the question itself was wrong.
Probably due to some kind of selection bias, I always got the impression that Appolo project was widely supported (since it is considered one of the greatest achievement of humanity by most of my acquaintances), but it seems it doesn’t hold in the population in general.
I think this paper is relevant; on the whole, opinion polling indicated that, aside from a brief period after the moon landing, NASA was never popular, and the majorities almost always supported a smaller NASA. Meanwhile, there’s still strong public support for some things- eg the Space Shuttles or a space station.
Thanks, very interesting paper which answers to my question… by showing me the question itself was wrong.
Probably due to some kind of selection bias, I always got the impression that Appolo project was widely supported (since it is considered one of the greatest achievement of humanity by most of my acquaintances), but it seems it doesn’t hold in the population in general.
Sad, but at least now I’m “less wrong”.