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Neil deGrasse Tyson Says He’d Board Elon Musk’s Rocket Under One Condition
Neil deGrasse Tyson To Elon Musk
Throw Mama To The Moon!!!
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Neil deGrasse Tyson may be a astrophysics genius, but he tells TMZ he ain’t boarding Elon’s SpaceX rocket … unless Musk sends his own bloodline up first … as proof it won’t go kaboom!
We ran into Neil outside CBS Studios in NYC Thursday … and he cracked Elon’s gotta blast his mom Maye off first to prove the rocket’s safe — making it crystal clear … he’s down to explore the cosmos, but only if there’s a guaranteed round trip.
Catch the full clip … ’cause Neil also laid it out … he’s not interested in doing the basic orbital joyride. He wants the real deal — the Moon, Mars, an actual destination in the galaxy.
Neil also broke it down further for us — saying straight-up, anyone strapping their butt to a rocket is rolling the dice on something that could go very wrong.
On the flip side, Neil’s saying the guy’s pushing the frontier of space travel and making access as cheap as possible. So, clearly in his eyes, Elon’s moves are astronomical!