For Neil deGrasse Tyson, an acclaimed astrophysicist, travel to Mars will be deemed safe only after tech billionaire Elon Musk’s mother visits the red planet that has been space scientists’ obsession for decades. He cracked the joke while speaking to NDTV about the future of space tourism and if he was interested. Tyson has in … Read more
New Delhi: India’s space programme is limited only by the ambition of its people, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV Friday, in a free-wheeling interview that began with American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return from a nine-month stay in space. Mr Tyson – who also spoke about the government-to-private enterprise shift in the … Read more
New Delhi: Plastic cups and time to readjust to Earth’s gravity – that is what Sunita Williams, the United States astronaut whose eight-day mission to the International Space Station extended to a nine-month stay, will need to recover, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NDTV Thursday afternoon. But recover she, and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, will, … Read more