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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 8, 2018
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October 8, 2018: Private investment is taking off in the field of space exploration. A total of $13.9 billion has been invested so far this century.[1] More than a quarter of that funding came last year when 120 venture capital firms put $3.9 billion into commercial space projects.[2]
Last year also saw 37 commercial launches, coming close to the 51 government launches.
While the private sector investment in space exploration is growing, it is still dwarfed by U.S. government spending. So far in the 21st century, NASA has spent $360 billion (more than 25 times the total private investment).
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- October 5, 2018 – 11,700 dollars: amount of savings in median U.S. household
- October 4, 2018 – 259 people died taking selfies
- October 3, 2018 – 3 percent of government tech workers are under 30
- October 2, 2018 – 59: the net number of House seats Democrats could pick up in November
- October 1, 2018 – 210.7 billion dollars spent by tourists in U.S. during 2017
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