A Tribute to Neil Armstrong – StarTalk Radio Cosmic Queries

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Our first Cosmic Queries episode: Neil deGrasse Tyson answers questions from fans and offers personal reflections in a “Tribute to Neil Armstrong.”

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:17.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:21.0	And this is Star Talk.
0:25.0	Hello.
0:27.0	Do you need, I miss you one, we don't have you.
0:29.0	I know, I miss being here.
0:31.0	We're trying, it's a tribute to Apollo.
0:34.0	And we're part of the Q&A section.
0:38.0	Did you know him?
0:39.0	Yes, I did know Neil Armstrong.
0:41.0	In fact, we first met when I was 14 years old.
0:44.0	Oh, really?
0:45.0	Yeah, I was on board the SS Canberra, a huge ship.
0:48.0	Did you stow away?
0:50.0	Or was it a formal?
0:52.0	I fit into a foot locker, yeah.
0:54.0	And they're like, who's this kid?
0:57.0	I was 14 and I travel alone.
0:59.0	I think I was the youngest, unaccompanied person on the ship of 2000 people.
1:04.0	They took off all the shuffle boards and all the deck entertainment.
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