How Cosmic Are You?

1- Do you think the U.S. spends too much or too little on the Space pro­gram?

_____Too much _____Too little _____About right

2- Should we attend to pressing prob­lems here on Earth before venturing into Space?

_____Yes _____No

3- What do you think of permanent col­onies in Earth orbit—on the moon —on Mars—in deep Space?

_____Very supportive _____Supportive _____Opposed

4- Would you like to travel out of our planet one day soon?

_____No _____Can’t wait

5- How do you view our extension into Space?

_____Historic _____Evolutionary _____No big deal

6- What impact will our presence in Space have on our situation here on Earth in the coming years?

_____Mild impact _____Profound impact

7- What do you think of our current efforts to search for extraterrestrials?

_____Supportive _____Opposed

A-Would we suffer or benefit from such contacts?

_____Probably suffer _____Probably benefit

B-What do you think of UFOs (un­identified flying objects)?

_____Real _____Fiction _____Not sure

8- How often do you go to planetariums and observatories?

_____Often _____Sometimes _____Never

9- Are you a member of any Space-related organization?

_____Yes _____No

10- Do you subscribe to a publication that focuses on astronomy—Space sciences—astrophysics—cosmol­ogy?

_____Yes _____No

A-Or a general science publication that regularly reports on these fields?

_____Yes _____No

11- How informed are you about our new extraterrestrial environment?

A-Where is Space?

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B—Some scientists speak of "in­dustrializing Space." Is this pos­sible?

_____Yes _____No

C-When is the next time we will see Halley's Comet?

_____2018 _____2061 _____Depends

D-Has any spacecraft of ours ever left the solar system?

_____Yes _____No

E-What are Phobos and Deimos?

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F- What is a supernova?

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G-When you look out into Space (at night) what are you look­ing at?

_____Past _____Present _____Future

H-Roughly how far apart are stars in our part of the Milky Way?

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Date: 2015-02-28; view: 1029