The Apollo programme inspired thousands of people to pursue careers in science. Today, they still support human spacefaring — but baulk at the price. Richard Monastersky reports on the results of a Nature poll.
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See Editorial, page 307 , and Nature 's Apollo special at http://www.nature.com/apollo .
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Monastersky, R. Shooting for the Moon. Nature 460, 314–315 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460314a
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