# Americans lean toward keeping human spaceflight with NASA, not private companies

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey conducted Sept. 7-13, 2023, more Americans say human spaceflight should stay with government agencies like NASA than move to private companies like SpaceX: 33% disagree that it is best left to private firms, including 13% who strongly disagree, compared with 26% who agree, including 9% who strongly agree.

Neither camp comes close to a majority, and the largest bloc, 42%, stays neutral.

## Topline

To what extent do you agree with the following statement? Human spaceflight generally is best left for private companies like SpaceX rather than government agencies like NASA.

Americans lean toward keeping human spaceflight with NASA, not private companies.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neutral: 41.6%
- Disagree: 19.5%
- Agree: 17.0%
- Strongly disagree: 13.1%
- Strongly agree: 8.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-09-07 → 2023-09-13
- Base (unweighted): 2,000
- Margin of error: +/- 2.3%
- Module: 2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

2023 APSA Omnibus Survey #2023-071, fielded September 7-13, 2023, N=2,000 United States adults, +/- 2.3%.

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