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Preaching to the converted? An analysis of the UK public for space exploration

Marta Entradas1, Steve Miller, Hans Peter Peters

  • 1University College London, UK.

Public Understanding of Science (Bristol, England)
|July 9, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
gender and sciencepolitical support for space explorationpublic attitudespublic opinionscience communicationscience outreach eventsspace exploration

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