Questions About Controversy

This post will be about what questions I need to find answers to for project three - participating and contributing to a public debate/controversy. To start with, I should say that I will talk about the space exploration debate.

Bellucci, Marco. "Question Mark" 8/4/2005 via flickr.
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   Who?:

How exactly has NASA contributed to convincing people space exploration is the way to go?

Who really says space exploration is not worth it? Is it at all popular to say so?

Is there any large organization that is anti-space exploration, like NASA is pro-?

    What?:

What do anti-space exploration arguers see that is wrong with what pro-space exploration points?

What is legitimately wrong with what pro-space exploration supporters say? Is there anything?

What actual biases are there that determine what people will think about this debate?

    When?:

Did it start in 1969 with the moon landings? Was it actually before then?

When (if ever) did one side have an upper-hand in terms of the available information in the debate?

When will it eeeeeeeeeend?

    Where?:

Has there ever been a physical location for this debate? What was it?

Where in the world - geographically, who supports which sides more?

Demographically, who supports which sides more?

    How?:

What is the average opinion on the subject?

What is the generally-supported side the media express?

How do locations of this debate break down by time frame and website?