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by PaulHoule 758 days ago
This Feb 1968 poll

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/study/31107646/questio...

asked of 58% of people who favored cuts in domestic spending, found 5% of people wanted cuts to "Space technology, Moon Shots, Scientific Research" (compared to 20% in welfare)

However, this one

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/study/31107534/questio...

says 54% of people think the space program is "not worth it" in July 1967 and similar questions around that time get similar results. In April 1970 (after the 1969 success) Harris asks the question

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/study/31107574/questio...

and gets 64% "not worth it".