Our universe is filled with secret cinemistries, living us with many questions to be answered.

Now more than ever, we find ourselves searching for those answers as the very fabric of space,

science, and society are converging.

Here for the first time, these worlds collide.

It is we give you the knowledge that breaks the barrier between what is science and what is

merely pop culture. This, this, this is StarTalk.

Now, here's your host, astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian, Lynne Coplitz.

StarTalk.

Welcome back to StarTalk. I am indeed your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Lynne Coplitz is out on the road doing her stand-up comedian thing, and I have a guest co-host today.

A guest co-host brought to you from space. His name is Tom Kendrick. We'll get to him in just a

moment, but he's a four-time shuttle astronaut. And today's, today we're celebrating the 40,

been 40 years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. He walked on the moon 40 years ago.

How long is that to you, I wonder? And we all had those old enough, remember it, and those

not old enough were told about it. It might have other space memories, but I want to bring in right

away. My co-host for today, Tom Kendrick. Kendrick, Tom, welcome to StarTalk.

Oh, it's great to be here, Neil. And you've been in space four times.

Right. Don't you share that with someone else who only went once because you like got it four

times? Well, there's been people have gone seven times. Oh, maybe I should've gone.

All in the shuttle era. That's correct. Shuttle era. And you're born in what state were you from?

Ohio. Every astronaut I ask where they're from, they seem to be like they're from Ohio.

Well, Ohio has had more than this fair share of astronauts. I have to admit. Why?

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