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Revision as of 12:09, 11 February 2009
The public interest of terrestrial people in the colonization of the Red Planet is fundamental for fund raising and political acceptance. Money is one of the crucial issues in planning an autonomous colony.
Contents
Web page hit counting
The frequency of web pages access to pages with Martian topics can be compared with those of other topics.
Advantages
- The hits can be easily counted.
- The data is already available.
Disadvantages
- Only online people are measured.
- The data can be easily manipulated.
- The data do not reveal further details, such as the appreciation towards the government spending effort.
Public-opinion poll
(to be completed)
Membership in organizations
One of the best known organizations regarding Mars colonization is the Mars Society. The membership in the U.S. is currently 5457 persons, which is about 0,002 per cent of the population [1].
Open Issues
- What is known about the trend of public awareness and interest?
- How can the interest be measured exactly?
- Where are the data about web page hits?
- How many people know the idea, but do not see a point in spending any effort?
- How many people find it an interesting idea and appreciate the government to spend effort?
- How many people find it an interesting idea and appreciate private investigators to spend effort?
- How many people are working actively for the implementation of the idea in their spare time?
- How many people are working actively for the implementation of the idea in a full time job?
