At what point, if ever, do you believe people will form a permanent human colony on the moon?

At what point, if ever, do you believe people will form a permanent human colony on the moon? Published on May 15, 2019 → Survey conducted on May 15, 2019 on 2830 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Within the next 5 years

Within the next 10 years

Within the next 15 years

Within the next 20 years

Within the next 25 years

It will be more than 25 years

18%

People will never form a permanent human colony on the moon

29%

Don’t know

23%

Within the next 5 years

Within the next 10 years

Within the next 15 years

Within the next 20 years

Within the next 25 years

It will be more than 25 years

18%

People will never form a permanent human colony on the moon

29%

Don’t know

23%

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