50 years ago, Apollo 11 put the first man on the moon. But should we go back? Or have we 'been there, done that, got the T-shirt' and need to move on? Apollo50
Published 2:51 PM EDT Jul 14, 2019
"Our general mentality as American people is: been there, done that, got the T-shirt, what are we doing that for?" said former NASA administrator and current Syracuse University professor Sean O'Keefe. In March, the Trump administration charged NASA with the goal of returning Americans to the moon in five years, but according to the poll, 52% of Americans think space exploration should focus on satellite monitoring of the Earth to understand environmental changes, while 32% believe space exploration should focus on improving national security.
The Orion capsule lifts off from Pad 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a test of its launch abort system Tuesday morning, July 2, 2019.
According to previous studies, the American public has a history of recognizing the value of space missions after the fact. It wasn't until 30 years after Apollo 11, in 1999, that 55% of the public felt the benefits of space exploration outweighed the billions in cost.That number has decreased. The new Ipsos poll found that 31% of Americans feel the benefits of space exploration exceed the cost.
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