Neil DeGrasse Tyson on War, Aliens, Elon Musk, & Life on Mars

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses his work communicating science, including the Cosmos series which appealed across generations with Stephen Gardner. Neil has been on famous podcasts such as Joe Rogan and Adam Corolla. Elon Musk will be a part of how and why we push to get to Mars. On space exploration, he argues going to Mars requires the geopolitical driver of competition with China, like the space race did, not just human curiosity. Tyson says those fearing money wasted in space underestimate the tiny NASA budget portion. He compares cavemen fearing exploration to arguments avoiding Mars over Earth problems.

Tyson explains observing early universe light from billions of years ago, with new horizons revealed as space expands. He recalls childhood planetarium visits sparking his career, driven by cosmic discovery not feeling small. Tyson's new book covers humanity's quest to escape Earth through balloons, rockets, orbit and the moon using real history and related pop culture. He enjoys analyzing science fiction's accuracy, highlighting ignored fundamentals, not nitpicking. Tyson wants artists to value science but hold them accountable like fact-checking period details. He focuses on movies' scientific essence, not plausibility of full plots.

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[StephenGardner]

Do aliens exist? How does light from the big bang work? Should we work to move to Mars?

[MrRose-nrez]

By professing themselves to be wise, they become fools.

[desireeodonahue]

For lack of better words, this was an interesting interview. I have to say I don’t generally enjoy listening to arrogant, condescending people. You were very professional in your responses to him. I do enjoy your channel, but wouldn’t be upset if this guest didn’t return.

[marksauck]

Why do people continue thinking we’re a wealthy country when we have so much out of control debt?

[firebald]

Cave man comes out of a cave at 30yrs old, never been outside... What did he eat, bats? And cave water ? Neil, Neil.... I see a lost soul with you.

[llaevigrof]

Interesting interview, I appreciate your many interesting guests, but I have to say DeGrasse seems to me a bit condescending and kind of antagonistic. You were quite gracious Stephen, IMO.

[louisumms]

Wow! I didn’t realize how condescending Neil was! I lost respect with each of his eye rolls. What an arse! Sorry you had to go through that, Stephen…I still love you and your content 😊

[neoladams]

Neil De Gas bag Tyson 👎👎 What a waste of an interview.

[dynamitedrawingwithjesse]

Is it me or is Mr. Degrassi being a real arse.

[jeffm]

Wow. Neil kinda acted like he didn’t wanna participate. His expressions and eye rolls along with being condescending a tad in this interview

[kplaysminecraft]

The more I hear Neil, the less I like him, I BET HE LOVES TO BE WRONG. 😂

[dactah]

If this guy gets any more ubiquitous he’d be a porta potty at a World Cup game.

[olrap]

I stopped following Tyson once he jumped on the covid wagon. I lost all respect for him.

[souflikar]

I’ve giving up on Neil and I’m convinced he loves the sound of his own woke voice. For science/cosmos discussions, Brian Cox is top tier

[tghodosko]

I am going to have to force myself to watch this only because I never miss a show Stephen. But man this "scientist" is hard to watch.

[tavuzzipust]

DeGrasse has always struck me as a BS artist.

[sandraharvey]

Neil has no problem talking about things he knows nothing about

[mikem]

I'm not a fan of Neil in particular, but I continue to be impressed with the range of guests that Stephen manages to get on his show.

[billpotts]

Something else I will add is that your interviewing style is great, in spite of what your guests say, you try to be a class act, not interrupt, and are very polite. You obviously were well brought up. A refreshing change from a lot of the talking heads.

[realiouslytv]

Stephen give us an update on the thumbs up thumbs down ratio at the end of this video