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Few Americans prioritize beating China back to the Moon
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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Oct. 1 to 11, 2024, 42% of Americans said it is not very important for American astronauts to land on the Moon before China.
About three-in-ten said being first is important but not worth increased NASA spending (31%), 17% said it is important even if increased spending is required, and 10% said the U.S. should not send astronauts to the Moon at all.
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42% of Americans say it is not very important for U.S. astronauts to land on the Moon before China.
Do you think it is important that American astronauts land on the Moon first, before China, even if that requires increasing federal spending on NASA?
- Not very important to be first 41.7%
- Important to be first, but not worth increased spending 31.5%
- Important to be first, even if increased spending is required 17.1%
- The U.S. should not send astronauts to the Moon at all 9.8%
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- Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Field dates
- 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- Base (unweighted)
- 1,000
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.4%
- Module
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Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.