The Roper Center database is rich with polls regarding government involvement in space exploration,starting as far back as the 1960s.Unfortunately, space exploration in general,and public versus private involvement in it.More recently,however,there has been an increase in the type and amount of surveys on the issue.Polls from a variety of sources such as Social Sciences Research Solutions.
The space exploration industry is in a new era,and the public seems to know what they want from it.Overall,the public is largely content with NASA's level of spending,with about equal percentages wanting to see an increase or decrease.The public also values public-private partnership more than the federal government or private enterprises working alone,altough there is reason to believe that this desired relationship places NASA in the driver's seat.There is substantial academic reasoning for the differing stances on public and/or private involvement,with real examples or input from those directly related to the industry,the support one dynamic or another.