Younger generations are also more open to the hypothetical, with 53-55% of those in the under 50 age groups saying they would be willing to go to the Moon if given the chance, compared to just 41% of 50-64 year olds and only 28% of the over 65s.<\/p>\n
Why do half of Britons not want to visit to the Moon?<\/p>\n
Considering the risk-free nature of our hypothetical question, some might be intrigued by the instinct of 49% of Britons to say \u2018no\u2019 to such a unique opportunity. So we asked this half of the public to tell us in their own words why they would not want to visit the Moon.<\/p>\n
A simple lack of interest in visiting is the most common reason, expressed by 23% of those who would decline the opportunity to go.<\/p>\n
The desolate nature of the lunar landscape was also a frequent reservation, with 6% saying they would not want to visit as there\u2019s nothing to do once there, while 8% said there would be no point or benefit in going. For some, this contrasts with more Earthly attractions, with 5% saying there are places on Earth they would like to visit first, alongside 4% who simply said they were happy on Earth.<\/p>\n
A perception that such a trip would be wasteful also came up, with 3% viewing it as a waste of money, 2% as a waste of their time and 1% as a waste of resources. An adjacent worry about the environmental damage it could cause was cited by 3% of those who would not want to pay the Moon a visit, with another 2% saying we should fix the Earth\u2019s issues first before playing among the stars.<\/p>\n
Despite our hypothetical question explicitly guaranteeing a safe return, fully 8% of those who said they would turn down the opportunity rejected the premise that their safety could be ensured. Additionally, 7% said they would be scared, nervous or anxious about the trip, even if they could be kept safe.<\/p>\n
Some expressed more specific fears, including 3% who said a fear of flights or heights put them off the particularly long-haul flight to our closest cosmic companion, while another 3% said they were too claustrophobic or agoraphobic to be able to cope with a trip that would keep them confined in such a small capsule for days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Younger generations are also more open to the hypothetical, with 53-55% of those in the under 50 age…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-369598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}