The most important near-term goal of a space program:

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Establish permanent human colonies

 101/20%

Reduce the cost of putting things in space

 125/24%

Basic research

 41/8%

Search for extra-terrestrial life

 14/3%

Improve communications

 16/3%

Space tourism

 15/3%

Asteroid mining

 11/2%

Power generation

 28/5%

Zero-G manufacturing

 10/2%

Waste disposal

 12/2%

Shoot down ICBMs

 10/2%

Visit other planets

 13/3%

Fight the Daleks

 97/19%

Other

 20/4%

513 total votes