Jonathan Webb

They've grown up mostly since the shuttle era, the Apollo era, feels like ancient history.

There was a huge amount of excitement we saw when we published content as well.

And then there was also a certain amount of cynicism from older readers and listeners who were like, stop making this out to be completely exciting and new.

We've walked this path before.

Yeah.

Yeah, and you're right.

From what I've seen in your summary, it's not like there was a huge generational split and boomers were all cynical about the launch.

Everyone was pretty excited.

That feels like a gimme.

Like who would say no to that?

Yeah, right.

something that did seem relatively consistent across the generations.

And I was fascinated.

You found 40% of Aussies, even in the midst of this cost of living squeeze, want to see more investment in space programs.

And that's compared to 21% who were opposed to increasing that investment.

First of all, what do the other 40% think?

They're undecided.

And in your experience of polling on questions like this and what the government should invest in, is like 40% in favor, 20% opposed a pretty strong endorsement?

And so if that was relatively consistent across the generations, were there any particular groups who were more in favour of investing in space?

Does that mean it's just consistent across the board even in wealthier households or is there a difference among better off Australians?