Jul 21, 2022

By  Nadeem Sarwar /July 20, 2022 9:09 pm EDT The James Webb Space Telescope is one of the most well-documented scientific endeavors of its kind, staying in the public eye from its early inception days and all the way up to its first clear capture being shared by President Biden  in summer 2022. But despite all of the promises it holds and the ability to usher astronomical discoveries into a new era, the public perception of the NASA-led project is somewhat skewed, with some even thinking it was a bad investment. Seven in 10 Americans have a very or somewhat favorable view of NASA; just 13% view NASA unfavorably and 16% say they don't know. Similar shares of Democrats (79%) and Republicans (72%) view NASA favorably. https://t.co/gcL65FIjLE pic.twitter.com/vu8pQS24eV According to a survey conducted by YouGov , 70% of U.S. adults have a favorable opinion of the space project that aims to unlock the mysteries of galactic evolution and the formation of planetary systems. Nearly 16% of the surveyed folks had no clear view about the James Webb Space Telescope, while 14% had an unfavorable outlook. Viewing it across the political spectrum, folks aligning with the Democrat party had a 79% share of favorable standpoints, while 72% of Republicans had a positive impression of the floating observatory, which is currently orbiting the sun at a distance of approximately 1 million miles from the Earth. It's too early though