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Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of Space Exploration | StarTalk


I think we’re long overdue in society

I think we’re long overdue in society for the role of private enterprise to to

for the role of private enterprise to to

for the role of private enterprise to to participate in a big way with NASA’s

participate in a big way with NASA’s

participate in a big way with NASA’s exploration of space now private

exploration of space now private

exploration of space now private enterprise has always been there the LEM

enterprise has always been there the LEM

enterprise has always been there the LEM that landed on the moon I probably have

that landed on the moon I probably have

that landed on the moon I probably have one of those here we think here too here

one of those here we think here too here

one of those here we think here too here we go the LEM this and all the Apollo

we go the LEM this and all the Apollo

we go the LEM this and all the Apollo missions had one of these the ones that

missions had one of these the ones that

missions had one of these the ones that went to the moon they all had one of

went to the moon they all had one of

went to the moon they all had one of these this is what deployed from the

these this is what deployed from the

these this is what deployed from the command module landed on the surface of

command module landed on the surface of

command module landed on the surface of the moon and the astronauts were in this

the moon and the astronauts were in this

the moon and the astronauts were in this upper part and they got out and then

upper part and they got out and then

upper part and they got out and then they got back in and then the upper part

they got back in and then the upper part

they got back in and then the upper part would go back and and rejoin with the

would go back and and rejoin with the

would go back and and rejoin with the command module leaving this base behind

command module leaving this base behind

command module leaving this base behind this was designed built and manufactured

this was designed built and manufactured

this was designed built and manufactured in Grumman aerospace Bethpage Long

in Grumman aerospace Bethpage Long

in Grumman aerospace Bethpage Long Island but it doesn’t say Grumman on the

Island but it doesn’t say Grumman on the

Island but it doesn’t say Grumman on the side because it was taxpayers money that

side because it was taxpayers money that

side because it was taxpayers money that did it and NASA and the like I imagine a

did it and NASA and the like I imagine a

did it and NASA and the like I imagine a future such as what was imagined in

future such as what was imagined in

future such as what was imagined in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 a Space Odyssey where private enterprise is a

where private enterprise is a

where private enterprise is a participant in this exercise what

participant in this exercise what

participant in this exercise what happened in that movie there was Pan Am

happened in that movie there was Pan Am

happened in that movie there was Pan Am was an old-fashioned airline Pan

was an old-fashioned airline Pan

was an old-fashioned airline Pan American now out of business but at the

American now out of business but at the

American now out of business but at the time it was a rocky an airline Pan Am

time it was a rocky an airline Pan Am

time it was a rocky an airline Pan Am flew the space shuttle and then there’s

flew the space shuttle and then there’s

flew the space shuttle and then there’s AT&T put in the phone call and this was

AT&T put in the phone call and this was

AT&T put in the phone call and this was a vision of a future where it’s not just

a vision of a future where it’s not just

a vision of a future where it’s not just government programs it’s businesses are

government programs it’s businesses are

government programs it’s businesses are making money in space in ways not

making money in space in ways not

making money in space in ways not fundamentally different from how they

fundamentally different from how they

fundamentally different from how they might have made money here on earth and

might have made money here on earth and

might have made money here on earth and once you can make money in space you

once you can make money in space you

once you can make money in space you have investors and entrepreneurs and you

have investors and entrepreneurs and you

have investors and entrepreneurs and you can advance a frontier in ways that

can advance a frontier in ways that

can advance a frontier in ways that would simply not otherwise happen so

would simply not otherwise happen so

would simply not otherwise happen so watch this space for the future of

watch this space for the future of

watch this space for the future of entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs you

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