Who's supporting space activities? An 'issue public' for US space policy

Space Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Whitman Cobb, Wendy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Issue public; National aeronautics and space administration (NASA); Public opinion; Space policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155162493     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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