A new survey catalogs Americans’ expectations about the future of space, from NASA to SpaceX. Two space policy experts describe how these results stack up against the current state of space affairs.
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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PhD candidate in international business and comparative political economy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (IPPRA), University of Oklahoma
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Law lecturer , University of Calabar
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Curator of the Apollo Collection, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Affiliate Adjunct, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
