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The public was actually never in favor of the Apollo program except for when we actually landed on the moon. The government was just willing to ignore public se
by rockemsockem 3y ago
The public was actually never in favor of the Apollo program except for when we actually landed on the moon. The government was just willing to ignore public sentiment for some reason. And I'm very glad they did.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> public was actually never in favor of the Apollo program except for when we actually landed on the moon Wow, I wasn't aware that the "only point at which the opinion surveys demonstrate that more than 50 percent of the public believed Apollo was worth its expense came in 1969 at the time of the Apollo 11 lunar landing" [1]. [1] https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/exploding-the-myth-of-popular-support-for-project-apollo/ https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/exploding-the-myth...
- GeorgeTirebiter 3y agoGil Scott-Heron had a very popular song in 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4&list=RDgoh2x_G0ct4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4&list=RDgoh2x_G0c...
- Vecr 3y agoSomeone should see about making a few versions for various crew compositions/landing times for the Artemis program. So you'd have one ready to go pretty much whatever happens.
- ThisIsMyAltAcct 3y agoThis is one of the reasons I’m glad the US is a representative democracy and not a direct democracy.