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The Vice President

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Mr. Vice President:

I thought the enclosed report which analyzes the interest/reaction by the public, the Congress, and the press concerning the sPace program would be of interest to You. Sincerely yoLlrs, \

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The Vice President

United States Senate

Washington, D. C.

20500

Honorable Lee A. DuBridge Science Adviser to the ?resident Executive Office Building - Rm. 203 Washington, D. C. 20500

Dr. T. O. Paine Administrator National Aeronautics & Space Administration Washington, D. C. 20546 Ilonorable Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Secretary of the Air Force Department of the Ai:: Force I{ashington, D. C. 20330 Iionorable Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman Atomic Energy Cornmission Washington, D. C. 20545 Honorable U. Alexis Johnson Under Secretary for ?olitical Department of State Washington, D. C. 20520

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Wlsstxelot.t, D.C. 20546

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just compLeted a compilation of statisties reveaLing on public interest/reaction to the rather astounding figt"us 'firsL half of this year space prog-ram for the

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categories of Additronally, I have looked at three oLher po11s, Congressional voting' and editorials' interest/reaction: there has been The reason for the mini-survey is simply that supporE' so much talk of public interest vis-a-vis public Attached are four sets of information:

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PUBLIC MAIL

rn the first half of 1969 NASA received 218, o0o retters from the general public, including 2I-,80O from overseasi an additiorral l-20,O00 vrere'addressed directly to the astronauts. I,1ost of these requested information and did

not voico opLnLona concorning the spaco program.

similarry, most of the white House mair referred to NAsA for response since the Aporlo 11 fright has been requests lt and suggestions rather than expressions of opinion. ll Of the letters that can be classified one way or the other, those favorable to the space program outnumber criti-cal comments. It may be interesting to note that Ietters commenting on a manned expedition to Mars--not an officially proposed program--were evenly split for and against.

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White House mail count, July 14 to September 4z 2462.

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Suggestions (general) *Support of XaSa ("continue a strong program"

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