Luckily, there might be some volunteers to become cosmic X-patriates, since Mars just so happens to be Americans’ celestial body of choice. A new YouGov survey, published Tuesday, found that Mars is Americans’ favorite planet (19%), followed by ring-laden Saturn (14%) and 143,000-kilometer-wide Jupiter (8%).
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Respondents were less enthused by Mercury and almost-planet Pluto, with roughly one in five respondents calling one of these their least favorite planet — though a majority of US adults (55%) simply didn’t know what their least favorite planet was, like the 38% who couldn’t say what their top choice was.
Whether Mars is America’s favorite because of manifold endeavors to colonize it, or whether its proximity to Earth, relatively livable climate (Mercury’s temperatures, for example, are a little more mercurial, hitting 800 F in the day then dropping to -290 F at night), and grip on pop culture, from Ziggy Stardust to chocolate bars, have given us a rosier view of the Red Planet, is unclear.
Ahead of the company’s highly anticipated IPO, it had appeared that SpaceX’s priorities were shifting away from Mars, further toward Earth’s moon. But if the world’s richest man wants to ensure even more company shares come June, SpaceX’s path to Mars shouldn’t be eclipsed.
Luckily, there might be some volunteers to become cosmic X-patriates, since Mars just so happens to be Americans’ celestial body of choice. A new YouGov survey, published Tuesday, found that Mars is Americans’ favorite planet (19%), followed by ring-laden Saturn (14%) and 143,000-kilometer-wide Jupiter (8%).
Sherwood News
Respondents were less enthused by Mercury and almost-planet Pluto, with roughly one in five respondents calling one of these their least favorite planet — though a majority of US adults (55%) simply didn’t know what their least favorite planet was, like the 38% who couldn’t say what their top choice was.
Whether Mars is America’s favorite because of manifold endeavors to colonize it, or whether its proximity to Earth, relatively livable climate (Mercury’s temperatures, for example, are a little more mercurial, hitting 800 F in the day then dropping to -290 F at night), and grip on pop culture, from Ziggy Stardust to chocolate bars, have given us a rosier view of the Red Planet, is unclear.
Ahead of the company’s highly anticipated IPO, it had appeared that SpaceX’s priorities were shifting away from Mars, further toward Earth’s moon. But if the world’s richest man wants to ensure even more company shares come June, SpaceX’s path to Mars shouldn’t be eclipsed.