Neil deGrasse Tyson Military Quotes

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• I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we'd be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don't want that to be the reason.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, War, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• In just one year, the expenditure of of the U.S.'s military budget is equivalent to the entire 50-year running budget of NASA combined.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Running, Military, Years

• The value of the space program is beyond science, it's beyond military; it's a cultural shift in how we think of our place in the universe.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, Thinking, Space

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

• When you innovate no one else can figure out how to do what you're doing because you're too far ahead of them. And the day they do figure out, you're on to the next object, the next widget, the next concept in innovation. And so America has benefited economically from the space race even though it was driven by military.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, Race, America

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

• I don't want to go back into space for military reasons, but the economic driver still remains. And so it's a matter of people understanding how that economic driver is revealed with healthy investments on the space frontier.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, Space, People

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

• People say, oh we just need charismatic leaders to continue on to Mars. Now we've gone to the moon, of course Mars is next. No. Mars was never, of course, next. It is next if you think we went to the moon because we're explorers, but if you know we went to the moon because we were at war then we're never going to Mars. There's no military reason to do it, to justify the expenditure.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, War, Moon

• We only went to the moon for military reasons. The space enthusiasts of the day kept saying, "Oh, we're on the moon; we should be on Mars in ten years." That's if it was driven by exploration, but it's never been driven by exploration.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Military, Moon, Years

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

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