This statistic depicts the reasons that U.S. adults are not interested in going into space in 2018. During the survey, 28 percent of respondents believed that it would be too expensive to go into space.
Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018
Survey method and age of respondents not stated by the source.
Figures are taken from the 58 percent of respondents overall who stated they are definitely/probably not interested in going into space.
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Pew Research Center. (June 6, 2018). Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/
Pew Research Center. "Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018." Chart. June 6, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/
Pew Research Center. (2018). Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/
Pew Research Center. "Reasons That Adults in The United States Are Not Interested in Going into Space in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/
Pew Research Center, Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Reasons that adults in the United States are not interested in going into space in 2018 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 6, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/947206/space-exploration-reasons-against-going-us/