An encouraging poll

Itar-Tass reported Monday that a new poll found that one in three Russians would like to fly in space. That ratio rises to nearly one in two for those aged 18-30. The brief article doesn’t include many details about the poll, including what price(s), if any, respondents were told they’d have to pay to make the trip. The results are based on “500 Russians aged above 18 years in Russia’s eight largest cities”, which is a fairly small sample size, given it’s unlikely any of them could afford a trip. Nonetheless, it’s a sign there is, at the very least, broad interest in space tourism.