Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes About Space Exploration

Quotes about: Space Exploration

• Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Space, Rivals, Exploration

  "'Space Chronicles': Why Exploring Space Still Matters". Interview with David Greene, www.npr.org. February 27, 2012.

• What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Nice, Journey, Lessons To Be Learned

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.47, W. W. Norton & Company

• I have found that when calculating what no one has calculated before, like my observing sessions on the mountain, my mental acuity peaks. Ironically, these are the times that I would flunk the reality check normally reserved for mental patients and dazed boxers: What is your name? What day is it? Who is the president of the United States?... I do not know, and I do not care. I am at peace with my equations as I connect to the cosmic engines that drive our universe.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Reality, Names, President

• When provoked, the itsy-bitsy invertebrates known as tardigrades can suspend their metabolism. In that state, they can survive temperatures of... 73 K for days on end, making them hardy enough to endure being stranded on Neptune. So the next time you need space travelers with the right stuff, you might want to choose yeast and tardigrades, and leave your astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts at home.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Home, Space, Needs

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company

• Apart from the obvious advantages of having ice to melt, filter, then drink, you can also break apart the water's hydrogen from its oxygen. Use the hydrogen and some of the oxygen as active ingredients in rocket fuel and keep the rest of the oxygen for breathing. And in your spare time between space missions, you can always go ice skating on the frozen lake created with the extracted water.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Oxygen, Ice, Breathing

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.214, W. W. Norton & Company

• Ever since there have been people, there have been explorers, looking in places where other hadn't been before. Not everyone does it, but we are part of a species where some members of the species do, to the benefit of us all.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, Doe, Benefits

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• The news media reported the $250 million as an unthinkably huge waste of money and proclaimed that something was wrong with NASA. The result was an investigation and a congressional hearing. Not to defend failure, but $250 million is not much more than the cost to produce Kevin Costner's film flop Waterworld.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Media, Cost, News

• Too many people view on [space exploration] as a luxury rather than as a fundamental driver to stimulate interest in science to everyone in the educational pipeline. It's vital to our prosperity and security.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Educational, Views, Luxury

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Ambition, Space, Want

  Interview with Don Cohen, appel.nasa.gov. June 1, 2008.

• When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive the blogosphere. It would drive the projects the kids do in school. So you wouldn't even need programs to try and stimulate curiosity. You wouldn't need programs to try to convince people that science literacy is good. Because they're going to want to participate on this epic adventure that we call space exploration.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  School, Adventure, Kids

• I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Risk, Proud, Boundaries

  Neil Degrasse Tyson (2010). “The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist”, p.72, Prometheus Books

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