FOX News Rundown EXTRA: What Neil deGrasse Tyson Really Thinks About The Billionaire Space Race

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 25 July 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Two billionaires are getting a lot of attention for launching their own rockets into space ... or at least the edge of outer space. But not all the buzz about the recent blastoffs has been good for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin's Sir Richard Branson, who both have their own space companies. The launches were intended to create some enthusiasm for the space tourism industry. But many critics found the brief trips unimpressive or wasteful. Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson recently joined host Lisa Brady on FOX News Rundown to discuss space tourism and share his reaction to the recent flights. While Tyson hopes to see tourists vacationing in space becoming more common and attainable in the future, he also had his own critiques of the recent highly publicized launches Our interview was too long and we could not include all of it in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and hear his complete unique take on the billionaires' space race and what the future of space tourism and exploration should look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:33.2	I'm Lisa Brady.
0:38.2	Two billionaires are getting a lot of attention for riding their own rockets into space or at least the edge of it.
0:44.5	Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Britain's Sir Richard Branson each have space companies
0:49.3	hoping to launch a new frontier, space tourism.
0:52.6	Elon Musk's SpaceX is already in the race too,
0:55.7	though he hasn't hitched a ride so far.
0:58.1	But what does any of this mean for the rest of us?
1:00.6	Not everyone wants space tourism to take off or thinks it's worth the money.
1:05.0	So we put our latest cosmic queries to famed scientist and author Neil Degrass Tyson,
1:11.0	who's also director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. We made some edits for time and thought you might like to hear the whole thing.
1:17.0	So thanks for listening. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the weekday Fox News rundown podcast.
1:23.0	Now here's Neil degrass Tyson on the Fox News rundown extra.
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