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Well luckily, for all types of issue, what the general public thinks really isn't too much of a factor.
Space is an issue that is decided upon on a closed circuit. The decisions on what the US does in space are made behind closed doors. And most of these are never reportred to the general public.
In general Space is not an issue that the general public is against. Most people in the US support a space program. Of course there are probably many who don't, but they are not in the majority. And they certainly DO NOT make visits to their local congressmen telling them why we shouldn't go to space.
So your chances when lobbying for specific changes in space policy isn't really dependent upon what the US public THINKS.
What matters more is what the legislators KNOW. If you tell them that you can get to mars for 50 billion, and have it verified somehow, than you may actually get your represenative behind going to mars, and that's what counts.
So if the general public, and astronomers who are uneducated about mars issues think that it costs 1 trillion to go to mars, let them eat their cake..... because they don't care enough to say anything about it.
Mike
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