I think if I saw him in real life I’d just be like “You’re fucking awesome!” and forget any questions I’d wanted to ask.

Posted by untziggy4, on October 28th, 2008, at 1:14 pm. #.

That’s what first came to my mind.

Posted by jack21222, on October 30th, 2008, at 1:01 am. #.

I would say Galileo.

Posted by masterstghm, on November 2nd, 2008, at 7:03 am. #.

When people ask me who I want to meet the most, I usually say Tyson. I could ask him questions for days. Im glad he likes answering them

I think he is a legacy to Sagan in that he is more concerned with enlightening the public than his own personal ego.

Posted by piratebri, on November 3rd, 2008, at 11:51 am. #.

I agree about Tyson being the living Sagan.

Posted by PISTOLcm, on November 5th, 2008, at 8:33 am. #.

Insipring words from a hubble dude, I mean humble dude LOL. Makes me want to reconsider my career choices since people are always coaxing me to teach science. I guess I make it fun for them to learn. 2:35 is where he said stuff that really hit home with me. Oh, I’d have to go back to school to get a teachers cert. Nevermind LOL!

Posted by turdburper, on November 5th, 2008, at 11:19 pm. #.

Wow. Neil shows such humility and respect for the field, and he does it in a classical way ‘off the cuff’, with no prep. I love this guy. He’s awesome.

Posted by perltech, on November 9th, 2008, at 7:24 am. #.

That’s actually a rather ironic statement considering he specialty is not of this world.

Posted by astonishflagation, on November 11th, 2008, at 7:11 am. #.

Neil is probably the most down to Earth person I have ever heard speak before.

Posted by Funkypotat0, on November 14th, 2008, at 2:48 am. #.

yea this guy is so cool… i wish i was related to him lol

Posted by jpagel, on November 16th, 2008, at 2:15 pm. #.

I like this guy.

Posted by Freecell5671, on November 18th, 2008, at 7:39 am. #.

Very interesting interview!

I totally agree with both of you.

Posted by helene02184, on November 18th, 2008, at 6:57 pm. #.

I really appreciate how humble Tyson is. He is incredibly well spoken and intelligent. He’s going to get more popular as time passes I believe. But he’s a great representative of his field of science.

Posted by tahitiluva, on November 20th, 2008, at 11:47 am. #.

Or, there isn’t enough detectable mass in the universe to account for that much gravity.

Posted by khoavuong, on November 22nd, 2008, at 1:08 pm. #.

Oh yeah. That’s logical!
XD

Posted by InimeKai, on November 24th, 2008, at 8:39 am. #.

Neil is my favorite astrophysicist
he’s really cool

Posted by pajamaninja367, on November 26th, 2008, at 1:22 am. #.

Sagan and Tyson’s books both have the same kind of feel or flow to them. Although Tyson is not where Carl was when he died they are both very entertaining. Also, i think that all astrophysicists have the same sense of humor.

Posted by makeshiftpat, on November 27th, 2008, at 6:42 am. #.

What does this have to do with slacker astronomy?

Posted by utubeworms, on November 27th, 2008, at 10:49 am. #.

I think Neil will be the next Carl Sagan as far as popularizing astronomy is concerned. Timothy Ferris has some goods books, but is more of a journalist

Most famous living astronomer, probably Hawking, since cutting-edge astronomy is essentially astrophysics nowadays.

Most famous astronomer ever? Either Newton or Galileo.

Posted by SCE2AUX, on November 29th, 2008, at 4:39 pm. #.

Gee whiz, man. If God created everything, he obviously also created himself… Get a clue!

Posted by FermiAnyon, on November 30th, 2008, at 8:37 pm. #.

the force of gravity is actually way stronger than our mathematics say it should be.

Posted by Milesbass, on December 3rd, 2008, at 2:15 pm. #.

God’s a delusion of ignorant primate minds that scurry in fear from scientific reality instead of embracing the Universe’s astounding magnificence.

Posted by Hottides, on December 6th, 2008, at 12:01 am. #.

god rules us all

Posted by andreiq, on December 6th, 2008, at 1:38 am. #.

big daddy god

Posted by andreiq, on December 8th, 2008, at 3:42 am. #.

And what created ‘god’?

Posted by Hottides, on December 8th, 2008, at 2:14 pm. #.