{"id":208028,"date":"2025-10-18T04:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208028\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:12:08","slug":"neil-degrasse-tyson-says-hed-board-elon-musks-rocket-under-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208028\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Says He&#8217;d Board Elon Musk&#8217;s Rocket Under One Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Neil deGrasse Tyson To Elon Musk<br \/>\n                          Throw Mama To The Moon!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published October 17, 2025 1:00 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                Updated October 17, 2025 1:43 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/98b1c234d66c4cdeb73026ce07b702e1_md.jpg\" alt=\"101725_neil_degrasse_tyson_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/neil-degrasse-tyson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil deGrasse Tyson<\/a> may be a astrophysics genius, but he tells TMZ he ain\u2019t boarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elon<\/a>\u2019s SpaceX rocket &#8230; unless Musk sends his own bloodline up first &#8230; as proof it won\u2019t go kaboom!<\/p>\n<p>We ran into Neil outside CBS Studios in NYC Friday&#8230; and he cracked Elon\u2019s gotta blast his mom Maye off first to prove the rocket\u2019s safe &#8212; making it crystal clear &#8230; he\u2019s down to explore the cosmos, but only if there\u2019s a guaranteed round trip.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the full clip &#8230; &#8217;cause Neil also laid it out &#8230; he\u2019s not interested in doing the basic orbital joyride. He wants the real deal &#8212; the Moon, Mars, an actual destination in the galaxy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251017_1e0ffaa56f05445e87ffa30749d44a01\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:715e66ef-a71e-42c5-b8ac-8cfdf51d3971\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1e0ffaa56f05445e87ffa30749d44a01_md.jpg\" alt=\"elon musk space x\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neil also broke it down further for us &#8212; saying straight-up, anyone strapping their butt to a rocket is rolling the dice on something that could go very wrong.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251017_d616f54126af490cbee12ee285d0f014\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:715e66ef-a71e-42c5-b8ac-8cfdf51d3971\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d616f54126af490cbee12ee285d0f014_md.jpg\" alt=\"neil degrasse tyson getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, Neil&#8217;s saying the guy\u2019s pushing the frontier of space travel and making access as cheap as possible. So, clearly in his eyes, Elon&#8217;s moves are astronomical!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neil deGrasse Tyson To Elon Musk Throw Mama To The Moon!!! 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