Description
NASA and SpaceX are the actors most cited in the debate. Are there any differences between those kind of « superactors »? In this phase we chose to directly compare them in order to understand the characteristics of those two main voices. NASA is the historical governmental space agency of the USA, composed by different specialized teams that keep the aim of discovering, exploring and researching environmental and space facts. SpaceX is a private company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, pioneer of the dream to walk on Mars like a fun trip, he is becoming a big actor in the world of spacecraft.
Data show the differences and similarities about the topics debated. First of all, we wanted to highlight categories organizing data on a double axis system; through Y, the position of the category is fixed by its total amount of words. Through X, is shown for which actor the categories more discussed; it’s like a double pole. When a category is located in the middle it means that both actors talk about the topic equally, conversely it means that one of them prevails on the other. For example, “space travel” is the nearest category to SpaceX’s pole.
On the right side we have inserted some further details to show the proportion of the singular category over the total; the specific percentage per issue and a direct comparison of the top 5 words per actors by categories.