Extra: Neil deGrasse Tyson On Space Wars And The New 'High Ground'

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🗓️ 30 October 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Big things are happening in space. Earlier this month, NASA confirmed that the DART mission to test the United States' capabilities to change the trajectory of asteroid threats to Earth was a resounding success. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the results of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test at a press briefing, saying the organization "made history" in the realm of planetary defense. However, this major positive development comes at a time when America's foes like Russia and China are upping their efforts to militarize space. A serious concern at the Pentagon. Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson recently joined host Lisa Brady on the FOX News Rundown to discuss the DART mission, the possibility of our orbit becoming a future warzone, and the state of America's space program. Tyson explained why the DART mission is such a big step forward for NASA and how space technology has always been used in warfare and isn't surprised nations see space as the new "high ground". Later, he discusses his new book 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and the constantly shifting understanding of the universe. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with the world-famous Astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and hear more of his perspective on the complexities of the cosmos and human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News rundown Extra.
0:07.0	I'm the Sabrina. NASA recently smashed into an asteroid.
0:12.0	In this case, a harmless one aiming to nudge it off course, a test of how they might one day
0:17.5	protect the planet. The planetary defense test was actually launched nearly a year ago,
0:23.5	using a SpaceX rocket and a Space Force base in California, as NASA also works to get back
0:29.0	to the moon. All of this at a time when many Earthlings are very divided. So we spoke to
0:34.0	astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American
0:39.2	Museum of Natural History in New York, and author of the new book, Starry Messenger, Cosmic
0:44.3	Perspectives on Civilization. Our conversation was shortly before NASA announced its first
0:50.0	of a kind asteroid test had been a success. We made some edits for time and thought you
0:54.6	might like to hear the whole thing. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to
0:58.3	the weekday Fox News rundown podcast. Now here's Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Fox News
1:03.4	rundown Extra.
1:09.9	Before we get to the new book, I wanted to get your take on NASA's recent mission to
1:14.2	try to redirect an asteroid. In this case, a harmless one, but it's considered one potential
1:20.5	tool to help protect the planet. How ambitious was this?
1:26.5	Oh, yeah. So first of all, it should have happened decades ago. All right, we should have
1:30.7	been weighed, we should be weighed deeper into this save the Earth plan and just only starting
1:36.5	it in the year 2022. But the dark mission, the double asteroid redirect test, I think
1:43.1	I got the acronym correct there is an attempt to test a deflection scenario. You know,
1:50.5	unlike the way we've all been trained, looking at films with Bruce Willis in them, my
1:54.8	Carmageddon, where let's blow the sucker out of the sky. That's a very sort of militaristic
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