Religious beliefs and support for space exploration

Religious beliefs and support for space exploration January 28, 2015

 

Red giant and dead planet
An artist’s depiction of what the Earth might look like in 5-7 billion years, when the Sun has become a red giant.
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A report on an interesting study analyzing how much members of six groups — Catholics, mainline Protestants, Jews, Evangelicals, adherents of eastern religions (which I hope the study itself identifies more precisely), and people with no religious affiliation — support the scientific exploration of space:

 

http://www.space.com/27896-religion-influence-space-exploration.html

 

The results are thought-provoking and, in one particular case, striking.

 

 


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