Americans Take Pride In Space Program

About three-quarters polled in a CNN/USA Today poll approved of America's Space Shuttle program.^1

My informal sense of America's pride in the space program concurs with this finding. Much of what is covered in space is presented with a positive glow in the news media.

However, the media can turn on a dime, and some have already been on the prowl on the recent Shuttle damage story.

Let's all remember that NASA represents the American people, and that this pride should be in our efforts. Whatever happens, the media's spin cannot change that fact.

1. Source of information about the poll: BBC analysis.