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Space Chronicles Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Neil deGrasse Tyson
A thought-provoking and humorous collection on NASA and the future of space travel. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold...
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StarTalk Radio
The host explained that he had written the book to present a comprehensive history of American space exploration, emphasizing how many decisions were reactive to the Soviet Union and why humanity had not progressed beyond the Moon. He mentioned its recent paperback release and joked that he authored it so he wouldn’t have to discuss the subject again, while a listener described it as an absolute delight. The discussion portrayed the work as an engaging, thorough overview of past, present, and future space endeavors, effectively recommending it to the audience.
Episode: Extended Classic: Space Chronicles (Part 1)
It was mentioned that the book 'Space Chronicles' by Neil deGrasse Tyson was written recently, and that he attempted to present the history of space exploration through a lens that reveals the American space program's reactions to the actions and statements of the Soviet Union.
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And I studied carefully because I have a book recently, Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
And in it, I try to put the stuff on the table and say, you want to remember America as pioneers in this.
But in fact, almost every decision we made was reactive to what Russia did or reactive to what Russia said they would do.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: The Space Race
It was mentioned as a book Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote about space exploration, allowing him to avoid talking about the subject again after having compiled all his knowledge within it.
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So I wrote a book called Space Chronicles, facing the ultimate frontier. It came out two years ago.
I write books so that I never have to talk about that subject again.
I compile it all in there and someone said, tell me about that. I just handed a book. Here's a book.
Episode: Apollo and the Future of Humans in Space
It was described as an exploration of the reasons why humanity has not progressed beyond the Moon landing, despite predictions of being on Mars by 1985, and challenged the common narratives surrounding the space race.
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It's now in paperback And it's more affordable than the Harcum
Space Chronicles Facing the Ultimate Frontier
It's because we need charisma And there's a lot of sort of misinformation And delusional thinking out there This book is a full exploration of that Of the fact that we have yet to progress beyond There are reasons for that
Episode: Freakonomics, with Stephen J. Dubner
The book was mentioned as a vehicle to avoid discussing the topic of space exploration in the future, and therefore recommended to the listener to read if they wished to avoid hearing about it further.
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Okay, I wrote an entire book on this Called Space Chronicles And I write books so that I never have to talk about that subject again
Episode: Freakonomics, with Stephen J. Dubner
It was mentioned as a book he had written about space exploration, and he joked that he wrote it so that he would never have to discuss the subject again.
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Okay, I wrote an entire book on this Called Space Chronicles And I write books so that I never have to talk about that subject again
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Grab Bag
It was mentioned by a listener that they recently finished reading the book and found it to be a delightful read.
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I just finished reading Space Chronicles and it was an absolute delight.
Episode: Space Chronicles (Part 2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson's book, initially titled "Failure to Launch", was discussed, specifically its paperback release and the author's thoughts on space exploration's past, present, and future.
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It just came out on paperback like seconds ago.
Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
I know it's a kind of lamey title, but I really had a different title in mind that I submitted the manuscript with.
Failure to Launch. The Dreams and Delusions of Space Enthusiasts.
It's every thought I've ever had about our past, present and future in space.
Episode: StarTalk Radio: Space Chronicles (Part 1)
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed his book 'Space Chronicles' and mentioned that he tried to present the history of the American space program in the book, including that many decisions were made in reaction to Soviet actions.
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I studied carefully because I have a book recently, Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
And in it, I try to put the stuff on the table and say you want to remember America as pioneers in this but in fact almost every decision we made was reactive to what Russia did or reactive to what Russia said they would do.
Episode: Cosmic Queries – The New Space Race
It was discussed as a book covering the topic of why humanity did not continue missions to Mars and the reasons behind it, in the past tense.
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And I wrote a whole book on this
It was called What's it called? This one right here? No, it's not that one The Unspoken Alliance?
So I wrote a whole book on this That I wanted to call Failure to Launch The Dreams and Delusions of Space Enthusiasts And the publisher said No, we can't have the word failure in a title That's just bad But I love the title
They said By the way, isn't there a movie with that title? Yes, except I'm using the title Literally Failure to Launch That one was figurative about Failing to leave home and get married Why don't you just call it I'll just call it Successes and Unsuccesses In the world of launching Unsuccesses
So that book's called Space Chronicles Facing the So I settled on the title Space Chronicles Facing the Ultimate Frontier Half of that book Is on why we didn't continue to go to Mars
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Exploration
Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned his book, 'Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier', which discussed the future of NASA and space travel, including the prospects of manned missions to Mars.
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I wrote a whole book on this.
So I'd be lazy and say, go and buy the damn book.
Yeah, the book is Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
Episode: Extended Classic – Cosmic Queries: The Space Race
Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned writing this book about space exploration, specifically to avoid talking about the subject in the future.
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Do you know why I write books? Because you can.
I write books so that I never have to talk about that subject again.
Episode: Extended Classic: Space Chronicles (Part 1)
It was mentioned as a book Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote, where he tried to lay out the history of American space exploration, and how the US was mostly reactive to Russia's actions.
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And I studied carefully because I have a book recently, Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier. And in it, I try to put the stuff on the table and say, you want to remember America as pioneers in this.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: The Space Race
It was mentioned that Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote this book about facing the ultimate frontier, two years prior to the podcast, as a way to avoid having to discuss the subject again.
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So I wrote a book called Space Chronicles, facing the ultimate frontier. It came out two years ago.
Episode: Space Chronicles (Part 2)
It was discussed as a book Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote a year prior, and had recently been released in paperback form. The original title 'Failure to Launch' was preferred by Tyson, but the publisher changed it due to the existence of a movie with that title.
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It just came out on paperback like seconds ago.
Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
I know it's a kind of lamey title, but I really had a different title in mind that I submitted the manuscript with.
Failure to Launch. The Dreams and Delusions of Space Enthusiasts.
The publisher said, wait a minute, Failure to Launch, isn't that the title of a movie?
Episode: StarTalk Radio: Space Chronicles (Part 1)
It was mentioned that the author had recently published "Space Chronicles", and that he tried to present the facts that many American space decisions were reactive to Russian actions.
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I studied carefully because I have a book recently, Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
And in it, I try to put the stuff on the table and say you want to remember America as pioneers in this but in fact almost every decision we made was reactive to what Russia did or reactive to what Russia said they would do.
Episode: Cosmic Queries: Exploration
Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned his book 'Space Chronicles' when discussing the future of space travel, particularly the prospect of manned Mars missions, and NASA's plans after Obama's re-election in 2012.
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I wrote a whole book on this.
Yeah, the book is Space Chronicles, Facing the Ultimate Frontier.
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