Credit: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
The word from a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey is that 58 percent of American adults consider it likely life exists on other planets.
Furthermore, Forty-nine percent (49%) say it’s likely that a human will walk on Mars in the next 25 years, down slightly from a December 2006 survey.
Other tidbits from the survey:
— Americans ages 30 to 64 are more likely to believe life exists on other planets than those who are younger and older.
— By a 23-point margin, men are more inclined than women to believe another life form exists in outer space.
— Both men and women are evenly divided over whether a human will walk on Mars in the next 25 years.
— More government workers believe it’s likely life exists outside of Earth and a human will walk on Mars compared to entrepreneurs and private company employees.
— In early January 2010, only 27% of Americans believed the current goals of the space program should include sending someone to Mars. Fifty percent (50%) opposed such a mission, with 24% undecided.
The new survey of 1,000 adults was conducted on July 9-10 by Rasmussen Reports.
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By Leonard David