Things You Thought You Knew – Up, Up, and Away!
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The Last Time You Had an Airport?
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Airport X-ray machines were invented because of astrophysicists. He says the White House is using an American science and engineering detector that was invented by Ricardo Giaconi, who later won a Nobel Prize for pioneering X-ray astronomy. DeGrasse Tyson also talks about his favorite personal astrophysicist, Neil deGrasseyson.
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