Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lobster

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Rachel Belle

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a celebrity astrophysicist, Director of The Hayden Planetarium in NYC, host of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" and the "Star Talk" radio show, and the guy we love to blame for Pluto not being a planet anymore.

On this episode of YLM, Rachel talks with one of the greatest scientific voices of our time about his love of melted butter, the time he almost became a stripper, and what foods Neil would take with him if he could travel to space.

Speaking of space travel, former NASA Astronaut & Hubble Space Telescope repairman Mike Massimino tells Rachel all about eating in zero gravity, the last meal he ate before his first shuttle launch, and what food options are available for a crew orbiting Earth.

Thanks also to lobster expert Barton Seaver, author of "For Cod and Country."

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.8	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:23.3	This is your last meal.
0:24.7	I'm your host, Rachel Bell,
0:28.8	and every episode I interview a celebrity about what they would choose to eat for their last meal.
0:34.1	Then we explore the history of that food, the culture, and whatever else we can cram into 30 minutes.
0:40.4	Today on the program, astrophysicist, author, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and host of the science, pop culture, and comedy radio program Star Talk. It's quite a title.
0:47.3	Neil deGrasse Tyson. Hello, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Hello, I'm back. Wow, you sound much
0:53.2	deeper. That was like a Barry White right there.
0:55.4	I think it did when you called before.
0:58.3	Hello.
1:00.1	Very white.
1:01.4	We'll chat about his new book, his love of melted butter, and, you know, no big deal, the time he almost became a stripper.
1:08.7	I also chat with former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino
1:12.2	about what it's like to eat in outer space. And little tip from me to you, if you ever chat with
1:19.1	Mike Massimino, don't ever, ever assume there's no stake in space. Sure, there's steak in space.
1:26.5	There is. I told you there's no steak in space. I don't know. I just made it up. I assume there wasn't steak in space. Sure, there's steak in space. There is? I told you there's no steak in space.
1:28.3	I don't know.
1:28.7	I just made it up.
1:29.5	I assume there wasn't steak in space.
1:31.0	How many times did you eat steak and space?
1:32.3	This is what happens when you assume.
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