National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted January 13-14, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How important is it for the United States to have a manned space program – very important, somewhat important, not very important, not at all important?

26% Very important
38% Somewhat important
21% Not very important
9% Not at all important
6% Not sure

2* How important is it for the United States to have a space program that relies upon unmanned research spaceships?

20% Very important
40% Somewhat important
22% Not very important
9% Not at all important
10% Not sure

3* The space shuttle program will end this year after nearly three decades of flight. Has the space shuttle program been worth the expense to taxpayers?

40% Yes
36% No
24% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence