The laser, which would not be built until the 1950s. lasers back then were like cost tens of thousands of dollars in their room size. The people say, why are we doing this with smart people when the smart people could be solving the homeless problem? We don't know what the future is. Somebody might invent a laser that makes homeless people happy. So who Oh, lasers, you put a laser on anything on anything.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is the host of the weekly show “Star Talk” on National Geographic and the head of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He has a new book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” out now.
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the show to chat with Theo about cosmic musings, the new space race, facts vs. feelings, flat-earthers, climate change and much more.