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Leave It To Neil Tyson To Diminish What We've Done in Space

In 1927 Lindbergh flew from NY to Paris. 45 yrs later, in 1972 we last walked on the Moon. 45 yrs later, in 2017 we… we… we… — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 16, 2017 @neiltyson Thanks for minimizing everything we've done since then — Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) January 17, 2017 …explored the solar system, studied the universe, and made space-based services an essential part of global civilization. Not bad. […]

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  • January 16, 2017
Planetary Society Congratulates Itself By Giving Itself Awards (Again)
Planetary Society Congratulates Itself By Giving Itself Awards (Again)

Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, & Fans Celebrate Past & Future of Space Exploration at Planetary Society’s 35th Anniversary “Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and 19-year Planetary Society Board Member, received The Planetary Society’s Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science. Tyson, Director of New York City’s Hayden Planetarium, hosted Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey, a television series that paid tribute to Carl Sagan’s original Cosmos program. “Every day, Neil deGrasse […]

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  • October 24, 2015
Future Version of Neil Tyson Promotes "The Martian"

@NeilTyson did a @MartianMovie mockumentary. That must mean he won't dump on the movie right? https://t.co/yJRXU8Z4nE — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 28, 2015 We Get It Neil Tyson: You Hated “Gravity” (Update), earlier post

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  • August 27, 2015
Neil Tyson Disputes Impact of Good Teachers

@neiltyson are you saying that good teachers have no impact upon a student's success? What an ignorant thing to say. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 10, 2015 Keith’s note: Am I missing something? I can understand the bad teacher part, but I am just baffled at how Tyson dismisses the impact of good teachers. If anything the value of good teachers is even more important when students have to endure […]

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  • January 10, 2015
Robots and Parades

Neil Tyson "we do not have ticker tape parades for robots" Oops. Guess he missed Curiosity in the Inaugural Parade. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 23, 2013

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  • October 23, 2013
Neil Tyson's Stealth Presentation at National Academy of Sciences

Keith’s note: Neil Tyson will be talking about “Delusions of Space Enthusiasts” on Wednesday from 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT at the National Academy of Sciences’ Human Spaceflight panel. WebEx Access Call-in toll-free number: 1-(866) 668-0721 Conference Code: 448 560 9647. If none of these things work check here. NAS will only allow 150 people to watch on WebEx. What is baffling is why the NAS can’t simply do a […]

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  • October 23, 2013
Let's Double NASA's Budget

Neil deGrasse Tyson to Jon Stewart: “Your Earth is spinning the wrong direction.”, io9 “Last night, Jon Stewart had astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Daily Show to talk about the his new book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. It’s a great interview, but the highlight of the conversation definitely came towards the end of the exchange, when Tyson made his case for increasing space funding, causing Stewart to […]

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  • February 29, 2012
Neil Tyson Has Lost Faith in American Human Space Exploration

Keith’s note: Gee, I sure hope Tyson doesn’t say things like this to the young people who visit the Rose Center to learn about the wonders of space. Talk about a quick way to deflate someone’s career goals. Why study for a career that focuses on helping to send humans to Mars if its going to happen in China – not the U.S.? My Twitter response to Tyson’s original tweet: […]

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  • January 14, 2012
Neil Tyson: Misquoted or Missing The Point?

Tyson criticizes common views on space exploration, Daily Princetonian “American participation in the space race represented the beginning of the “militarization of space,” Tyson said. Likening this struggle for celestial turf to the games that schoolchildren play in sandboxes, he further criticized modern reverence for the Apollo program because it leads to the glorification of antiquated technology rather than to the acknowledgement of improvements made since then. This appreciation for […]

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  • December 1, 2011