Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
school views space
My interest in the space program has a certain purity to it because I recognize the romance of it but I was never seduced by it. That allowed me to view it through a more purely scientific lens. My interest in space while in school came about through my scientific activities.
cosmos evidence
Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.
atheist italian people
Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.
thinking rights important
As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in that time.
loss ideas fundamentals
If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong, you have no predictive power, and you are at a loss to understand the principles behind most of the fundamental interconnections of nature.
mind-blowing creepy haunting
If each dead person became a ghost, there'd be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
eggs bird mind-blowing
Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird that was not a chicken.
thinking leaving earth
I can't think that leaving Earth once is enough.
nice years mind-blowing
In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day
country future science
Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.
technology bad-ass wipe
Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature.
distance believe space
I believe that the manned space program can engage the public by advancing the space frontier. Every next mission takes you farther out in space than you were before, either technologically or in terms of distance.
fun thinking fans
The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as saying, 'You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.' And next time my fans eat pizza, they're thinking of Venus!
spiritual feelings deeper
Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.