58% Believe Life Exists On Other Planets
Americans continue to believe life exists in outer space, but they are less sure whether a human will walk on Mars within a quarter of a century.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of American Adults think it’s at least somewhat likely life exists on other planets. Thirty-four percent (34%) do not believe it’s likely. That includes 33% who say it’s Very Likely life exists outside of Earth and eight percent (8%) who believe it’s Not At All Likely.
These findings mark little change from surveys dating back to early June 2007.
Forty-nine percent (49%) say it’s likely that a human will walk on Mars in the next 25 years, down slightly from December 2006. Forty-two percent (42%) think it’s unlikely a human will make it to Mars. That includes 20% who say it’s Very Likely and eight percent (8%) who believe it’s Not At All Likely.
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 9-10, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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