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Space travel for billionaires is the surprise topic with bipartisan American support – but not from Gen Z
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2909" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/space-travel-for-billionaires-is-the-surprise-topic-with-bipartisan-american-support-but-not-from-gen-z-165309" target="_blank"><strong>Space travel for billionaires is the surprise topic with bipartisan American support – but not from Gen Z - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/science/richard-branson-virgin-galactic-space.html" target="_blank">flying to space</a> in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years. But these events have been met with a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/tech/jeff-bezos-richard-branson-space-what-next-scn/index.html" target="_blank">mix</a> of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/the-amazonification-of-space.html" target="_blank">opinion</a>.</p><p></p><p>I am an <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j4_2N9kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao" target="_blank">associate professor of public relations</a> and study how opinions on topics like politics, entertainment and even space launches vary between different groups of people. I worked with colleagues at The Harris Poll to find out <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10X5EeVafO7u7TOyC5UKeqvbyqsUdUiFzBzV2XOT_als/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">what U.S. residents think</a> of these launches and the broader topic of private spaceflight.</p><p></p><p>The poll found that most U.S. residents are interested in and have a positive attitude toward the private space industry. One outlier was younger people, who are less hopeful about the benefits of galactic journeys. Overall though – and rather interestingly – these positive feelings are widely held across political and demographic lines. It’s rare to see such agreement on <a href="https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/215210/partisan-differences-growing-number-issues.aspx" target="_blank">any issue</a> these days, so the results suggest space may be a unifying topic in future years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2909, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/space-travel-for-billionaires-is-the-surprise-topic-with-bipartisan-american-support-but-not-from-gen-z-165309'][B]Space travel for billionaires is the surprise topic with bipartisan American support – but not from Gen Z - The Conversation[/B][/URL] With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/science/richard-branson-virgin-galactic-space.html']flying to space[/URL] in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years. But these events have been met with a [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/tech/jeff-bezos-richard-branson-space-what-next-scn/index.html']mix[/URL] of [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/the-amazonification-of-space.html']opinion[/URL]. I am an [URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j4_2N9kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao']associate professor of public relations[/URL] and study how opinions on topics like politics, entertainment and even space launches vary between different groups of people. I worked with colleagues at The Harris Poll to find out [URL='https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10X5EeVafO7u7TOyC5UKeqvbyqsUdUiFzBzV2XOT_als/edit?usp=sharing']what U.S. residents think[/URL] of these launches and the broader topic of private spaceflight. The poll found that most U.S. residents are interested in and have a positive attitude toward the private space industry. One outlier was younger people, who are less hopeful about the benefits of galactic journeys. Overall though – and rather interestingly – these positive feelings are widely held across political and demographic lines. It’s rare to see such agreement on [URL='https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/215210/partisan-differences-growing-number-issues.aspx']any issue[/URL] these days, so the results suggest space may be a unifying topic in future years. [/QUOTE]
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