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Let’s Make America Smart Again: The Future of NASA

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Nature, Nasa, Spacetime, Astronomer, Education, Quantum Physics, Physics, Multiverse, Space, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Scientist, Earth Science, Universe, Cosmos, Science, Astrophysics, Star Talk, Startalk, Climate Science, Astronomy, Astrophysicist

4.614.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Continuing with our Let’s Make America Smart again series, we answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries on the past, present, and future missions of NASA with Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and former NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/lets-make-america-smart-again-the-future-of-nasa/

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0:00.0

Welcome to Star Talk.

0:05.0

Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

0:10.6

Star Talk begins right now.

0:15.9

Welcome to Star Talk on your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.

0:27.5

And we are right now recording this episode of Star Talk from the Mashable World Headquarters

0:33.4

right here in New York City.

0:35.2

And in this latest installment of our new sort of sub-series of Star Talk called Let's Make

0:41.2

America Smart Again.

0:43.7

We have my co-host today, Chuck Nice.

0:46.2

All right, dude.

0:48.2

You also host a spin-off of Star Talk, which I'm still getting into, called Playing with

0:54.3

Science.

0:55.3

Right?

0:56.3

Do your mama know you're playing with science?

1:00.3

What are you doing down there?

1:04.3

What is happening down there, Chuck?

1:06.3

I'm playing with science!

1:09.3

Yeah, no, it's a sports science mashup show where we interview...

1:13.3

Because we've had sports guests on flagship Star Talk and it had whole followings unto themselves.

1:20.3

So we took that and spun it off and now...

1:22.8

Does that mean you're not giving me any sports athletes anymore?

1:25.0

No, no, it just means that when we have athletes, you'll come on the show.

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