Galaxy Explorers
 Concept
• Galvanize America’s support for space
- Americans support space activities  in polls
* space exploration 75.0 %
* space science and research 83.8 %
* medical research 76.7 %
* International Space Station 63.6 %
* protect environmental 73.3 %
* classroom education 75.6 %
* global communications 72.6 %
* agriculture and food 66.9 %
* military use for protection 67.5 %
America’s Space Poll
March 2000
- By any measure Americans support space
- Polls show strong support for space exploration
- NASA registers millions of hits on websites for space events
(e.g. Mars Lander 5 million hits in just a few days)