The New Space Race with Jeff Thornburg

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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What will the future of space look like? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the engineering challenges and scientific questions shaping the next era of aerospace with aerospace engineer Jeff Thornburg.

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0:00.0	Chuck, we need more engineers on the show.
0:02.1	Always.
0:03.5	Especially aerospace engineers.
0:06.1	That would be very cool.
0:07.1	Personally, I think that's the best kind.
0:09.1	You would.
0:09.8	They'll take us where we are to where we want to go.
0:11.7	Yes.
0:12.4	So Elon Musk is coming.
0:13.8	No.
0:14.8	So this guy's not a jerk.
0:17.2	Excellent.
0:18.0	Coming up on StarTalk, the future of aerospace on Earth and in the heavens.
0:23.6	Check it out.
0:24.6	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:28.6	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:33.6	StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk. Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist. I got Chuck Nice with me, Chuck, baby. Hey, Neil, what's happening? All right. We got a good show today. Oh, my gosh. Oh, what's on tap? Future of the Space Industry. Oh, and you say that's a good show? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You think there's a good future for the space industry. You want to get off this earth? You better think it's good. Okay. Well, you know, I do want to get off this earth. I'm just afraid of who might be driving.
1:11.8	Oh, there you go.
1:14.2	Did I tell you, people say, you want to go in this guy's rocket? And Bezos's rocket? I said, yeah, but I want
1:18.5	him to fly his mother first.
1:19.8	Nice. Then I'm cool.
1:22.1	Then I'm cool. Then maybe I'll step on the ship.
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