What an evening! Had a really great time. The subject matter was Moon, Mars and Beyond. A sort of pop-culture-science mix discussion on where we have been and where we are going. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is, indeed, as the other host of the program put it "the Robert Plant of astrophysics". It is pretty amazing to be in the presence of someone extremely knowledgeable but who could make things rather fun at the same time. As it normally goes, besides the two hosts of StarTalk, Neil DeGrass Tyson and Eugene Mirman, there were also some surprise guests. And what a surprise one of them was!
There was the author Andrew Chaikin, the comic John Oliver and...(drumroll, please) Buzz Aldrin himself!!!
Some interesting insights were shared but also lots of jokes and puns were flying around. Kudos to Tyson for mentioning the Genesis Planet when discussing terraforming. And also for taking off his boots and performing the moonwalk in the middle of the radio broadcast :D (quote: "it's the best moonwalk you've ever heard on the radio!").
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