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You are invited to participate in our survey to determine your level of support for federal government spending on the space program versus other federal programs. This survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
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Are you a Citizen of the United States?
In your estimation, how large is the 2009 federal budget (all the money spent by the federal government, for all programs, for the entire year)?
In your estimation what percentage of the federal budget is spent on the entire space program?
SPACE PROGRAM SPENDING
I support allocating $170 billion from the federal budget for the space shuttle program over its 30 year history (average of approximately $5.7 billion a year).
I support allocating $135 billion from the federal budget for the Apollo program over its 13 year history (average of approximately $10.4 billion a year) which eventually landed men on the moon for the first time.
I support allocating $2.6 billion from the federal budget for the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, a mission that is currently in orbit, exploring Saturn and landed a probe on Saturn’s moon, Titan.
I support allocating $280 million from the federal budget for the twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, over their 5+ year mission (average of $56 million a year).
I support allocating $100 billion from the federal budget for the design, construction and operation of the International Space Station over its 18 year life expectancy (average of approximately $5.6 billion a year).
I support allocating $10 billion from the federal budget for the Hubble Space Telescope mission over its current 23 year planned lifetime (average of approximately $435 million a year).
I support allocating $217 billion from the federal budget from 2005 until 2025 ($10.8 billion a year) to develop a spacecraft and launch system that will return men to the Moon and eventually land men on Mars.
SPENDING ON OTHER PROGRAMS
I support allocating $2.6 billion from the federal budget for programs that have:
- Reduced pollution while helping businesses keep the cost of reducing pollution down.
- Saved lives by assisting with FDA drug trials and AIDS research.
I support allocating $435 million a year from the federal budget for:
- Health programs that have helped in the fight against breast cancer, allows surgeons to perform and improve upon minimally invasive surgey
- Programs that have created computer software that helps with education
- Creating scheduling software that helps businesses run more efficient
- Designing and producing smaller microchips that reduce the size of electronics that can be used in wide varity of applications.
I support allocating $170 billion from the federal budget over the last 30 years ($5.7 billion a year) for a program that has improved many technologies to include: healthcare improvements, medical drug improvements, fire fighting improvements, improving public safety, etc.
This program has come up with many new technologies to include:
- An improved artificial heart
- A device that helps grow human tissue for transplant
- A device that helps diagnose central nervous system disorders
- A device that analyzes blood much faster
- New ways to clear left over mine fields
- A device that can kill brain tumors in children
- Improved prosthetics (artificial limbs)
- Improved infrared cameras used for fighting forest fires
I support allocating $135 billion from the federal budget over 13 years ($10.4 billion a year) for programs that have helped create new technologies related to healthcare, new materials, occupational hazard safety, manufacturing processes, etc.
Some of the many new devices include:
- Improved kidney dialysis machines
- Cool suits that help people with multiple sclerosis and children with hypohidrotic ectodermal displasia (a congenital disorder). It is also worn by shipyard workers, nuclear reactor technicians and race car drivers for safety.
- Improved water purification for cities and town.
- A device that detects hazardous gases, protecting workers and helping to keep the environment clean.
I support allocating $280 million from the federal budget for programs that have helped:
- Cities run more efficiently saving tax dollars
- Relief efforts for natural disasters to include Hurricane Katrina
- Aid in developing a supercomputer that has helped with solving global warming, predicting weather, aiding with brain surgery
- Lead to a compact rover robot deployed to conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq that has already been credited with saving several soldiers lives.
I support allocating $5.6 billion from the federal budget a year for 18 years ($100 billion total) for programs that have developed technologies and have lead to:
- Devices that purify water that can be sent to undeveloped countries who do not have clean water, potentially saving millions of lives.
- Sensors used during construction of bridges and tunnels, making them safer
- An air purifier that aids in keeping fruits and vegetables fresh
- Robotic arms that has helped with physical therapy, rehabilitation and assisted living
- Cameras that are used in non-invasive surgery
- Hardware used in firefighting, gas fittings and nuclear reactors that make repairs faster,reducing a workers exposure to danger
- A head set that helps those who are near blind to see
- A safety device that alerts pilots, mountain climbers, scuba divers and more about worsening pressure altitude saving them from hypoxia
- Better exercise devices and diet food that tastes better, helping reduce obesity.
I support allocating $217 billion from the federal budget from 2005 until 2025 (10.8 billion a year) to support programs that will create advancements in technologies in areas such as health care, solving pollution problems and global warming, creating new light weight, strong materials, creating job and helping with energy independence.
My annual income is:
Which state do you live in?
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