Neil DeGrasse Tyson Urges America To Challenge China To a Space Race

An anonymous reader writes: According to a Tuesday story in the UK edition of the International Business Times, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrity astrophysicist and media personality, advocates a space race between the United States and China. The idea is that such a race would spur innovation and cause industry to grow. The Apollo race to the moon caused a similar explosive period of scientific research and engineering development. You might prefer the Sydney Morning Herald piece on which the IB Times article is based.

Comments

Re:The race is already on we're just not in it

[Anonymous Coward]

Except they got to the moon for real. We staged our landing.

Re:Who is this jerk?

[mujadaddy]

Who is this jerk?

No, no, it's, "Oh yeah, if Neil deGrasse Tyson is so smart, why'd he bite that guy's ear off?"